Load-Settlement Response of Rectangular and Circular Piles in Multilayered Soil

摘要: Traditionally, analyses developed for circular piles have also been used rectangular by replacing in calculations the pile with a of equivalent area. In this paper, we present settlement analysis that applies to either or cross sections installed multilayered soil deposits. The follows from solution differential equations governing displacements pile-soil system obtained using variational principles. input parameters needed are geometry and elastic constants pile. Pile vertical calculated match well those finite-element analysis. A parametric study highlights some important insights soil. user-friendly spreadsheet program (ALPAXL) was facilitate use Examples illustrate design.