<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This article deals with the question of theoretical description of behaviour of a single pile rested in a layered soil medium. Particular attention is paid to soil modulus which is used in calculation method for pile load-settlement curve. A brief analysis of the results obtained by laboratory tests to assess soil modulus and its nonlinear variability has been presented. The results of tests have been used in triaxial apparatus and resonant column/torsional shear device. There have also been presented the results of load-settlement calculation for a single pile under axial load with implementation of different models of soil modulus degradation. On this basis, possibilities of using particular kinds of laboratory tests in calculation procedure of foundation settlement have been presented as well as further developments of them.</p></abstract>

This article deals with the question of theoretical description of behaviour of a single pile rested in a layered soil medium. Particular attention is paid to soil modulus which is used in calculation method for pile load-settlement curve. A brief analysis of the results obtained by laboratory tests to assess soil modulus and its nonlinear variability has been presented. The results of tests have been used in triaxial apparatus and resonant column/torsional shear device. There have also been presented the results of load-settlement calculation for a single pile under axial load with implementation of different models of soil modulus degradation. On this basis, possibilities of using particular kinds of laboratory tests in calculation procedure of foundation settlement have been presented as well as further developments of them.

Use of the laboratory tests of soil modulus in modelling pile behaviour

University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Chair of Geotechnics and Road Engineering, ul. Prawocheńskiego 19, 10-720 Olsztyn, Poland

Studia Geotechnica et Mechanica

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This article deals with the question of theoretical description of behaviour of a single pile rested in a layered soil medium. Particular attention is paid to...

Use of the laboratory tests of soil modulus in modelling pile behaviour

Published Online: Oct 01, 2012

Page range: 53 - 61

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sgm031204

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