BEHAVIOUR OF PILES SUBJECTED TO LATERAL FORCES IN COHESIVE SOIL

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Lecturer assistant, Civil Engineering, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt.

2 Professor of Geotechnical Engineering, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt.

3 Prof. Geotechnical Engineering,, German University in Cairo, Egypt.

Abstract

Although piles are elements designed primarily to support vertical loads, They are subjected to
horizontal loads by serval sources such as earthquake, wind, impact loads and lateral earth pressure. Large number
of studies have been carried out to investigate the effect of different parameters on the behavior of piles. These
parameters are summarized as i) effect of pile diameter, ii) angle of the pile with the vertical, iii) piles slenderness
ratio and soil type. In the present study an experimental program was carried out to identify the deflection of
vertical and inclined piles subjected to a lateral force in cohesive soil. The experimental program comprised pile
lateral 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.

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