LIST OF SYMBOLS 



A' pile-soil contact area over f depth interval 



B footing width or diameter 



c soil cohesion 



D footing depth 



D relative density 



r J 



d pile diameter 



f unit local friction sleeve resistance 



GWT ground water table 



K correction factors for sands and clays to be applied to f 



K' A _ coefficient of lateral pressure for overconsolidated sand 



oOC K 



K' Nr coefficient of lateral pressure for normally consolidated sand 



L total embedded pile length 



£ depth f being considered 



Wl effective cone factor (9 or ±3) 



N, N , N bearing capacity factors 



N. cone factor 

 k 



OCR overconsol idation ratio 



Q total ultimate pile friction 



q average cone pressure from the soil surface to a depth of 

 1.5 footing widths (kgf/cm 2 ) 



q unit bearing capacity 



q cone pressure 

 c 



cone pressure for overconsolidated sand 

 cone pressure for normally consolidated sand 



4 cOC 



M cNC 



s undrained shear strength 



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