While designing the pile as a column, the end conditions adopted is -
One end fixed and other end hinged
Therefore, a common and often conservative idealization for a pile considered as a column is having one end fixed (at the bottom) and the other end hinged (at the top) . For a column with one end fixed and the other end hinged, the theoretical effective length factor (k) is 0.7. Therefore, the correct answer is One end fixed and other end hinged.
Important Questions from Bearing Capacity
A pile of length L per meter length is suspended at two points, the maximum B.M. at the center of the pile or at the points of suspension is
Which of the following statements is true?
Identify the state of sand, if the number of blow in the SPT test is more than 50.
Dilatancy correction for SPT N value is applied to:
Which of the following cases will result in reduction in the bearing capacity of soil?
i. Depth of water table below the base of the footing is equal to or greater than width of the footing
ii. Depth of water table below the base of the footing is less than width of the footing.
iii. Water table is at the level of base of the footing.
iv. Water table is above the base of the footing.
