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Dear Sir,
1.I want to design piled base foundation for machine which is fixed on the pile cap by 10 anchor bolts(800mm deep).The foundation dimension is 3.25m*8.55m and a load of 137 ton.Please help me for designing the pile cap thickness and reinforcement and give me some reference link to know details about this.
2.Also i want to know about oil tank foundation both pile and mat foundation.please give some reference.

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Dear Barek

Sorry for delay.

You can follow these links

http://www.ce-ref.com/pile_cap.htm
http://en.allexperts.com/q/Civil-Engineering-1357/pile-cap-design.htm
http://www.icjonline.com/views/POV_Nori_Apr2007.pdf
http://www.scribd.com/doc/56617390/Pile-Cap-Design

For tank fondation design I suggest you to follow AWWA and API As basic reference and also take a look at these

http://www.kasktas.com.tr/teknikdokuman/12.Pan%20American%20Conf.-Stone%20Column
http://www.scribd.com/doc/39346547/Tank-Foundations
http://www.iitk.ac.in/nicee/IITK-GSDMA/EQ08.pdf

Please dont hesitate to ask me further.

Good Luck
Babak E Hakimi

Civil Engineering

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