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Response of Pile Groups Driven in Sand Subjected to Combined Loads

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Although the loads applied on piles are usually a combination of both vertical and lateral loads, very limited experimental research has been done on the response of pile groups subjected to combined loads. Due to pile–soil–pile interaction in pile groups, the response of a pile group may differ substantially from that of a single pile. This difference depends on soil state and pile spacing. This paper presents results of experiments designed to investigate pile interaction effects on the response of pile groups subjected to both axial and lateral loads. The experiments were load tests performed on model pile groups (2 × 2 pile groups) in calibration chamber sand samples. The model piles were driven into the sand samples prepared with different relative densities using a sand pluviator. The combined load tests were performed on the model pile groups subjected to different axial load levels, i.e., 0 (pure lateral loading), 25, 50, and 75% of the ultimate axial load capacity of the pile groups, defined as the load corresponding to a settlement of 10% of the model pile diameter. The combined load test results showed that the bending moment and lateral deflection at the head of the piles increased substantially for tests performed in the presence of axial loads, suggesting that the presence of axial loads on groups of piles driven in sand is detrimental to their lateral capacity.

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  2. Washington State Department of Ecology, Olympia, WA, USA

    Jintae Lee

  3. Purdue University, West Lafeyette, IN, USA

    Monica Prezzi & Rodrigo Salgado

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Choi, Y.S., Lee, J., Prezzi, M. et al. Response of Pile Groups Driven in Sand Subjected to Combined Loads. Geotech Geol Eng 35, 1587–1604 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10706-017-0194-z

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