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Design of the Pile Cap

Failure Modes in the Pile Cap

1- Punching, column or pile.
2- Flexural, due to high tensile stresses.

Failure by Punching Failure due to high
tensile stresses
Minimum thickness of the pile
cap = 80 cm to assure even
distribution of settlements over
the piles, or 2.25 pile diameter D.

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