MODEL TESTS ON SINGLE PILES SUBJECTED TO LATERAL SOIL MOVEMENT

This paper describes a series of laboratory tests on single instrumented model piles embedded in calcareous sand undergoing lateral movement. Key parameters influencing the maximum bending moment in the pile for a constant soil density have been identified to be pile head fixity condition, the ratio of the depth of moving soil to the pile embedded length, and pile diameter and stiffness. Normalized expressions for maximum bending moment are also presented. The agreement between the experimental results and the theoretical predictions by an existing boundary element program is shown to be reasonably good.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Japanese Society of Soil Mech & Foundation Engrs

  Tokyo,   Japan 
• Authors:
  • POULOS, H G
  • Chen, L T
  • Hull, T S
• Publication Date: 1995

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 85-92
• Serial:
  • SOILS AND FOUNDATIONS
  • Volume: 35
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: JAPANESE GEOTECHNICAL SOCIETY
  • ISSN: 0038-0806

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Motion; Scale models; Soils; Structural models; Support piles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Side
• ITRD Terms: 6205: Model (not math); 5483: Movement; 3399: Pile; 9074: Side; 4156: Soil
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Geotechnology;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00726531
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Oct 28 1996 12:00AM