Session 01: Case Histories of Unexpected Behavior and Failure of Shallow, Deep and Other Foundations
Location
Arlington, Virginia
Date
13 Aug 2008, 5:15pm - 6:45pm
Abstract
This paper presents the findings of numerical studies based on the finite difference method for assessment of single pile behavior under simple dynamic lateral loads. At first, the results of an experimental dynamic lateral load test on a pipe pile driven in to sandy soil are compared with the results of this numerical modeling and some parameters are back calculated. Then piles with different length to diameter ratio, subjected to simple harmonic vibrations (sinusoidal vibrations) with different magnitudes of load and with a range of frequencies, are modeled. The load transferred to the pile and pile head displacement is calculated. Finally, the effects of load frequency, soil- pile damping ratio and length to diameter ratio of pile on the behavior of pile foundation is determined. The results show that the magnitude of load and length to diameter ratio of pile have significant effect on pile response under harmonic lateral loads; displacement of the pile head increases, with increase in load magnitude and decrease in length to diameter ratio of pile. For the range of frequency studied in this paper (1 to 15 Hz), observed that this parameter doesn’t affect the pile head response.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
6th Conference of the International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
Publisher
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 2008 Missouri University of Science and Technology, All rights reserved.
Creative Commons Licensing
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
File Type
text
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Naghavi, Naemeh and Baziar, Mohammad Hassan, "Parametric Study of the Response of Single Pile under Lateral Loading at the Pile Head" (2008). International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. 25.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icchge/6icchge/session_01/25
Parametric Study of the Response of Single Pile under Lateral Loading at the Pile Head
Arlington, Virginia
This paper presents the findings of numerical studies based on the finite difference method for assessment of single pile behavior under simple dynamic lateral loads. At first, the results of an experimental dynamic lateral load test on a pipe pile driven in to sandy soil are compared with the results of this numerical modeling and some parameters are back calculated. Then piles with different length to diameter ratio, subjected to simple harmonic vibrations (sinusoidal vibrations) with different magnitudes of load and with a range of frequencies, are modeled. The load transferred to the pile and pile head displacement is calculated. Finally, the effects of load frequency, soil- pile damping ratio and length to diameter ratio of pile on the behavior of pile foundation is determined. The results show that the magnitude of load and length to diameter ratio of pile have significant effect on pile response under harmonic lateral loads; displacement of the pile head increases, with increase in load magnitude and decrease in length to diameter ratio of pile. For the range of frequency studied in this paper (1 to 15 Hz), observed that this parameter doesn’t affect the pile head response.
