Two types of PHC piles with diameters of 800 mm and 1000 mm are used in a hydraulic project in Tanzania.We study the penetration performance of foundation pile with the different pile shoes,gather the total blow number and set from PHC pile construction,PHC pile shoe length and the connection method of PHC pile flange with pile shoe,and compare the set,pile body stress and energy of different pile tip forms to enter the same soil layer under the same geological conditions.The results show that the penetration performance of the cross protruding of pile tip is the strongest of different pile tip forms.The longer of pile shoe length is,the higher the penetration performance is,but when the length of the pile shoe is longer than 5 m,the penetration performance of the piles increases unobviously.The steel pile shoe and the PHC pile flange welded by slope plate can reduce the soil resistance during the pile driving,the set of the pile is larger and easier to penetrate to the design elevation.