Lateral capacity of piles in layered soil: a simple approach

Bikash Mandal , Rana Roy , Sekhar Chandra Dutta

Abstract

Appropriate assessment of lateral capacity of pile foundation is known to be a complex problem involving soil-structure interaction. Having reviewed the available methods in brief, relative paucity of simple and rational technique to evaluate lateral capacity of pile in layered soil is identified. In this context, two efficient approaches for the assessment of lateral capacity of short pile embedded in bilayer cohesive deposit is developed. It is presumed that the allowable lateral capacity of short pile is generally dictated by the permissible lateral displacement within which pile-soil system may be assumed to be elastic. The applicability of the scheme, depicted through illustration, is believed to be of ample help at least for practical purpose.

Key Words

lateral capacity; piles; soil structure interaction; layered soil; earthquake

Address

Bikash Mandal — Department of Civil Engineering, Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur, Howrah 711 103, India
Rana Roy — Department of Applied Mechanics, Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur, Howrah 711 103, India
Sekhar Chandra Dutta — School of Infrastructure, Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar (IIT Bhubaneswar), Samantapuri, Bhubaneswar 751 013, Odisha, India

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