Probabilistic Study for Single Pile in Cohesionless Soil Using Monte Carlo Simulation Technique [ ]


The single pile capacity is mainly considered as a corner stone in the design of pile foundation system. The determination of more precise value of pile capacity will make a safe and economic design of pile foundation. The deterministic approaches are used for this purpose. The uncertainty associated with soil properties are taken into account by safety factor. In this paper, a probabilistic approach is used with the Monte Carlo simulation technique to consider the effect of uncertainty due to soil properties (unit weight and angle of internal friction). A single pile embedded in cohesionless soil has been analyzed. The results of the work reveal that the use of probabilistic approach will give more accurate results for prediction of pile capacity. Also, the statistical properties for the angle of internal friction are considered as the most effective on the statistical properties of the output results.