LCPC (Bustamante)
The LCPC - Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chausees method (also known as Bustamante method based on the works of Bustamante and Gianeselli) determines the maximum pressure at pile base pmax, base as follows:
where: | αp | - | |
qc, eq | - |
The maximum shaft friction pmax, shaft is given by:
where: | αs | - | |
qc, z, a | - | tip resistance |