Analysis of Laterally Loaded Piles with Rectangular Cross Sections Embedded In Layered Soil

D. Basu
Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
R. Salgado
Professor, School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA

This paper is part of the international journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics. © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

An analysis is developed to determine the response of laterally loaded rectangular piles in layered elastic media. The governing differential equations for the pile deflections are obtained using the principle of minimum potential energy. Closed-form solutions of pile deflection, the slope of the deflected curve, the bending moment and the shear force profiles can be obtained by this method for the entire pile length. The method produces pile responses in seconds. The shape of the pile cross section has a bearing on the pile response, as shown by comparisons of the response of piles with rectangular, square and circular cross sections.

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