How to Calculate Allowable Load for Drop Hammer Driven Piles?
Allowable Load for Drop Hammer Driven Piles calculator uses Allowable Pile Load = (2*Hammer Weight*Height of Drop)/(Penetration per Blow+1) to calculate the Allowable Pile Load, The Allowable Load for Drop Hammer Driven Piles is defined as a group of piles penetrating a soil stratum of good bearing characteristics and transferring their loads to the soil by point bearing on the ends of the piles, the total allowable load would be the sum of the individual allowable loads for each pile. Allowable Pile Load is denoted by Pa symbol.
How to calculate Allowable Load for Drop Hammer Driven Piles using this online calculator? To use this online calculator for Allowable Load for Drop Hammer Driven Piles, enter Hammer Weight (Wh), Height of Drop (Hd) & Penetration per Blow (p) and hit the calculate button. Here is how the Allowable Load for Drop Hammer Driven Piles calculation can be explained with given input values -> 12.03593 = (2*2.02*3)/(0.002+1).