Investigation of a cyclic laterally loaded model pile group
In certain regions of the world, designing deep foundations to withstand seismic loading is a reality. Seismic loading of structures and foundations reaches its most critical state as a cyclic lateral force. The response of soils and foundations to repetitive lateral forces is highly complex, relega...
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Published in | Soil dynamics and earthquake engineering (1984) Vol. 17; no. 7; pp. 519 - 523 |
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Main Authors | , , |
Format | Journal Article Conference Proceeding |
Language | English |
Published |
Oxford
Elsevier Ltd
01.10.1998
Elsevier Science |
Subjects | |
Online Access | Get full text |
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Summary: | In certain regions of the world, designing deep foundations to withstand seismic loading is a reality. Seismic loading of structures and foundations reaches its most critical state as a cyclic lateral force. The response of soils and foundations to repetitive lateral forces is highly complex, relegating most design methods to be based upon overly conservative rules-of-thumb. The primary objective of this research was to analyze the mechanics of seismic loading on pile groups in clay soils. To achieve this a model testing facility was constructed to house a fully instrumented 1×5 model pile group that was subjected to cyclic lateral loading. An empirically based method for pile group design is suggested based upon the results generated from model pile group testing. |
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Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-1 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 0267-7261 1879-341X |
DOI: | 10.1016/S0267-7261(98)00003-7 |