Estimator for Deep Foundation Designers
Piles Capacity estimates the Bearing Capacity of Cast-in-Place Bored Piles, which are also referred as Drilled Shafts.

Features;
* Investigate the Undrained Pile Bearing Capacity for any user-built Soil Profile consisting of Granular layers (sand, gravel), Cohesive layers (clay, silt) and IGM-Rock stratums (intermediate geotechnical materials, weak rocks).

* Works with both Metric (mm, metres, ton, kN, kPa) and Imperial (inch, feet, psi, psf, kips) unit systems

* The estimation engine of the app is continuously improved by the developer and also by the feedback from users with hands-on piling design experience. Reference Manual available at http://www.hetGE.com/PCref

* Unique Touch-Optimized Soil Profile Builder with options for setting the Ground Water Table level and the thickness of Fill/Non-Bearing ground

* Graph Depth vs. Allowable Capacity with Friction and Tip Bearing Components (soil layer boundaries are also shown on the graph)
- Default Graph for Uncorrected Tip Resistance values, showing discrete change in bearing capacity at layer boundaries
- Optional Correction of Tip Resistance with respect to underlying strata (except when the layer is of rock origin)
- High resolution Depth vs Capacity Graph attached to email report

* Get a Detailed Calculation Report for Bearing Values of each Soil Layer: Average Effective Stress, Skin Friction and Tip Resistance at the top and the bottom of the layer

* Advanced soil parameters for more precise estimation:
- Standard Penetration Test value to better estimate the Tip Resistance of Granular layers
- Undrained Cohesion Increment Factor for Cohesive layers to easily model Strength Increase with Depth
- Diameter Reduction ratio for piles penetrating into Rock

* Partial safety factors for skin friction and tip resistance, which can be customised by user via the text button displaying estimated ultimate capacity

* Soil Profile Data Persistency: last entered soil profile is saved upon quitting the app. "Shake to Restore" anytime to return to the data from last time user quit the app

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