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Selection of p – y curves for the design of single laterally loaded piles
Author(s) -
Bransby M. F.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
international journal for numerical and analytical methods in geomechanics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.419
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1096-9853
pISSN - 0363-9061
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1096-9853(19991225)23:15<1909::aid-nag26>3.0.co;2-l
Subject(s) - pile , finite element method , geotechnical engineering , head (geology) , structural engineering , soil water , constitutive equation , geology , engineering , geomorphology , soil science
Two‐dimensional finite element analysis has been used to find load–transfer relationships for translation of an infinitely long pile through undrained soil for a variety of soil‐constitutive models. It has been shown that these load–transfer curves can be used as p – y curves in the analysis of single piles undergoing lateral pile head loading in undrained soils with non‐linear stress–strain laws. Lateral pile response deduced from 2‐D analysis input to the subgrade reaction method has been compared to the behaviour of a single pile analysed using three‐dimensional finite element analysis. Good agreement between the two methods for non‐linear soils suggests that the 2‐D analysis may form a useful design method for calculation of p – y curves. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.