DEVELOPMENT OF P-Y CURVES FOR ANALYSIS OF LATERALLY LOADED PILES IN WESTERN WASHINGTON. FINAL REPORT

A comprehensive review of literature pertaining to p-y curve analysis of laterally loaded piles was conducted. Methods of analysis of laterally loaded piles were reviewed with particular emphasis on the applicability of p-y curve analysis. Various existing procedures for development of p-y curves, and the data on which they are based, were also reviewed. Case histories of well-documented, full-scale, field lateral load tests were identified and the soil conditions in which they performed were summarized. The applicability of existing p-y curve criteria to western Washington soil conditions was evaluated. Analysis of pile group behavior and full-scale, field lateral load test procedures were reviewed.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/research/reports/fullreports/153.1.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  Washington State Transportation Center

  University of Washington, Seattle
  Seattle, WA  United States  98195

  Washington State Department of Transportation

  Transportation Building, 310 Maple Park Avenue SE, P.O. Box 47300
  Olympia, WA  United States  98504-7300

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Kramer, S L
• Publication Date: 1988-4

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 91 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Case studies; End bearing piles; Field tests; Lateral supports; Loads; Pile groups; Soils; Support piles; Test procedures
• Uncontrolled Terms: P-Y curves; Soil conditions
• Old TRIS Terms: Laterally loaded piles; Pile behavior; Pile lateral loads
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; I42: Soil Mechanics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00469694
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: WA-RD 153.1
• Contract Numbers: Y 3399, Task 31
• Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jul 31 1988 12:00AM