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Geomechanics and Engineering
  Volume 7, Number 6, December 2014 , pages 679-703
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/gae.2014.7.6.679
 


Nonlinear response of laterally loaded rigid piles in sand
Hongyu Qin and Wei Dong Guo

 
Abstract
    This paper investigates nonlinear response of 51 laterally loaded rigid piles in sand. Measured response of each pile test was used to deduce input parameters of modulus of subgrade reaction and the gradient of the linear limiting force profile using elastic-plastic solutions. Normalised load - displacement and/or moment - rotation curves and in some cases bending moment and displacement distributions with depth are provided for all the pile tests, to show the effect of load eccentricity on the nonlinear pile response and pile capacity. The values of modulus of subgrade reaction and the gradient of the linear limiting force profile may be used in the design of laterally loaded rigid piles in sand.
 
Key Words
    piles; lateral loading; shear modulus; modulus of subgrade reaction; ultimate soil resistance
 
Address
(1) Hongyu Qin:
School of Engineering, Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD 4222, Australia;
(2) Wei Dong Guo:
School of Civil, Mining and Environmental Engineering, University of Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia.
 

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