Behaviour of piles subjected to lateral forces in cohesive soil

Abstract EN

Although piles are elements designed primarily to support vertical loads, They are subjected tohorizontal loads by serval sources such as earthquake, wind, impact loads and lateral earth pressure.

Large numberof studies have been carried out to investigate the effect of different parameters on the behavior of piles.

Theseparameters are summarized as i) effect of pile diameter, ii) angle of the pile with the vertical, iii) piles slendernessratio and soil type.

In the present study an experimental program was carried out to identify the deflection ofvertical and inclined piles subjected to a lateral force in cohesive soil.

The experimental program comprised pilelateral load tests performed on model of single pile driven in cohesive soil.

Using the experimental model results, relations were utilized to estimate the lateral deflection of piles.