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After clicking on 'Substructure> Pile' in the navigation treeview, follow the steps to define the Pile. You can use the collapsed documentation page below for more information on the explanations of each parameter.

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titleSingle Pile
Single Pile [SIG]

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(blue star) 🖱️ Click the three-dots icon on the Substructure cell, and then select Footing1.

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As a result of these operations, an issue will appear on the OpenBrIM screen. This does not necessarily mean that any operation was done incorrectly. The issue will be resolved when the Section and Pile Properites are set in the next step.

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(blue star) 🖱️ Click three-dots icon on the Pile Length/Section Data cell and click Edit.

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(blue star)🖱️Enter the Section Length as 50.

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(blue star) 🖱️ Click three-dots icon on Start Section cell and select a the Section as PileCircle.

If you have reached this stage and you don't have a section to select, and if you want to use the Import Button, you can refer to the Quick Tip.

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(blue star) 🖱️ Click three-dots icon on End Section cell and select a the Section as PileCircle.

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🖱️Enter the Longitudinal Offset as 5.

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(blue star)🖱️Enter the Transverse Offset as 10.

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(blue star)🖱️Enter the Section Orientation as 30.

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(blue star) 🖱️ Keep the Ground Elevation, Batter Angle(Long.), Batter Angle(Trans.) and Pile Embedment as default.

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You can edit the FE mesh settings of girders from FEA tab. (blue star) Embed. Length into Substructure as default.

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Pile’s FEA propetries can be defined using FEA tab.

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(blue star)Soil Springs (Linear) cell and select ‘Edit..’.

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🖱️Enter the Offset from the bottom of the footingFooting/bent Bent as 3.

(blue star)Enter 🖱️ Keep the Tx and Ty as 20.(blue star) Keep the,Ty,Tz, Rx, Ry and Rz as default.

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(blue star) 🖱️ To model all the pile property, copy the data below and paste the parameters into the first cell in OpenBrIM spreadsheet.

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🖱️ Keep the Top Connection and Generate FEM and parameters of FEA-Group Effect tab’s parameters as default.

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(blue star) 🖱️ Set name as Pile2.

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When the steps are completed, the shared screenshot displayed in the adjacent cell should be visible in the 3D view of OpenBrIM.

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To model all the pile, copy the data below and paste the parameters into the first cell in OpenBrIM spreadsheet. Refer to the quick tip for an easy guide on how to perform the copy operation. After completing the copy, proceed to the next step to verify the model.

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FEA Tab-Soil Springs (Linear)-Pile Property

Pile Property

Code Block
3.0000	20.0000	20.0000Free	Free	Free	Free	Free	Free
6.0000	20.0000	20.0000Free	Free	Free	Free	Free	Free
9.0000	20.0000	20.0000Free	Free	Free	Free	Free	Free
12.0000	20.0000	20.0000Free	Free	Free	Free	Free	Free
15.0000	20.0000	20.0000Free	Free	Free	Free	Free	Free
18.0000	20.0000	20.0000Free	Free	Free	Free	Free	Free
21.0000	20.0000	20.0000Free	Free	Free	Free	Free	Free
24.0000	20.0000	20.0000Free	Free	Free	Free	Free	Free
27.0000	20.0000	20.0000Free	Free	Free	Free	Free	Free
30.0000	20.0000	20.0000Free	Free	Free	Free	Free	Free
33.0000	20.0000	20.0000Free	Free	Free	Free	Free	Free
36.0000	20.0000	20.0000Free	Free	Free	Free	Free	Free
39.0000	20.0000	20.0000Free	Free	Free	Free	Free	Free
42.0000	20.0000	20.0000Free	Free	Free	Free	Free	Free
45.0000	20.0000	20.0000Free	Free	Free	Free	Free	Free
48.0000	20.0000	20.0000	100.0000Free	Free	Free	Free	Free	Free
50.0000	Fixed	Fixed	Fixed	Fixed	Fixed	Fixed

General Tab-Pile

Pile

Code Block
Pile2	Footing1	[[600, PileCircle, PileCircle]]	5.0000	10.0000	30.0000	0.0000	0.0000	03.0000	3720.0000
Pile3	Footing1	[[600, PileCircle, PileCircle]]	5.0000	0.0000	30.0000	0.0000	0.0000	03.0000	3720.0000
Pile4	Footing1	[[600, PileCircle, PileCircle]]	5.0000	-10.0000	30.0000	0.0000	0.0000	03.0000	3720.0000
Pile7	Footing1	[[600, PileCircle, PileCircle]]	-5.0000	10.0000	30.0000	0.0000	0.0000	03.0000	3720.0000
Pile8	Footing1	[[600, PileCircle, PileCircle]]	-5.0000	0.0000	30.0000	0.0000	0.0000	03.0000	3720.0000
Pile9	Footing1	[[600, PileCircle, PileCircle]]	-5.0000	-10.0000	30.0000	0.0000	0.0000	03.0000	3720.0000
Pile11	Footing1	[[600, PileCircle, PileCircle]]	0.0000	16.5000	30.0000	0.0000	0.0000	03.0000	3720.0000
Pile12	Footing1	[[600, PileCircle, PileCircle]]	0.0000	5.5000	30.0000	0.0000	0.0000	03.0000	3720.0000
Pile13	Footing1	[[600, PileCircle, PileCircle]]	0.0000	-5.5000	30.0000	0.0000	0.0000	03.0000	3720.0000
Pile14	Footing1	[[600, PileCircle, PileCircle]]	0.0000	-16.5000	30.0000	0.0000	0.0000	03.0000	3720.0000
Pile16	Footing2	[[600, PileCircle, PileCircle]]	5.0000	10.0000	30.0000	0.0000	0.0000	03.0000	3720.0000
Pile17	Footing2	[[600, PileCircle, PileCircle]]	5.0000	0.0000	30.0000	0.0000	0.0000	03.0000	3720.0000
Pile18	Footing2	[[600, PileCircle, PileCircle]]	5.0000	-10.0000	30.0000	0.0000	0.0000	03.0000	3720.0000
Pile21	Footing2	[[600, PileCircle, PileCircle]]	-5.0000	10.0000	30.0000	0.0000	0.0000	03.0000	3720.0000
Pile22	Footing2	[[600, PileCircle, PileCircle]]	-5.0000	0.0000	30.0000	0.0000	0.0000	03.0000	3720.0000
Pile23	Footing2	[[600, PileCircle, PileCircle]]	-5.0000	-10.0000	30.0000	0.0000	0.0000	03.0000	3720.0000
Pile25	Footing2	[[600, PileCircle, PileCircle]]	0.0000	16.5000	30.0000	0.0000	0.0000	03.0000	3720.0000
Pile26	Footing2	[[600, PileCircle, PileCircle]]	0.0000	5.5000	30.0000	0.0000	0.0000	03.0000	3720.0000
Pile27	Footing2	[[600, PileCircle, PileCircle]]	0.0000	-5.5000	30.0000	0.0000	0.0000	03.0000	3720.0000
Pile28	Footing2	[[600, PileCircle, PileCircle]]	0.0000	-16.5000	30.0000	0.0000	0.0000	03.0000	3720.0000

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The completed piles are illustrated below. Please verify that you have the same model on your end by examining each view provided here. For more information on how to perform visual checks, refer to the quick tips.

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Tip

To view the entire procedure explained on this page, please watch the recorded Video below.

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