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Prediction of settlement influence factors for laterally loaded short piles by using a continuum-based soil model

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An existing continuum-based model for a laterally loaded pile embedded in layered soil is developed for long piles in which the vertical deformation of soil is neglected. However, the model is unsuitable for short piles, such as large-diameter caissons and suction buckets, because the soil will have considerable vertical deflections. Thus, this study attempts to modify the existing continuum-based model for laterally loaded long piles, and the aim is to render the model applicable for short piles with large diameters. Two resisting moments are added to the model: A moment on the base of the pile and a moment due to the vertical shear stress of the soil surrounding the pile. The modified continuum-based model is examined in terms of settlement influence factors and validated with the model with finite element (FE) analysis. Our linear static analysis found that the proposed modified continuum-based model is in good agreement with the FE method for short and long piles.

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This work was supported by the New and Renewable Energy of the Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning through a grant funded by the Korean Governments Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy (No. 20143010024330, SUCCESS project).

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  1. School of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, University of Ulsan, Ulsan, Korea

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  2. Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science, Daejeon, Korea

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  3. Naru EMS Ltd., Daejeon, Korea

    J. Lee

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Jungsoo Ryue graduated with a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Pusan National University in 1995. He received a M.Sc. degree in KAIST, and his second M.Sc. and Ph.D. in ISVR at the University of Southampton in UK. He has been working for the School of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering at the University of Ulsan since 2009.

Kyungmin Baik graduated with a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Physics from Korea University. He received Ph.D. in Physics at Washington State University in US. He has been working for the Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science since 2012.

Jong-Hwa Lee graduated with a B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from KAIST. He has been working on noise and vibration engineering since 2003 and CEO of NARU-EMS Co. Ltd. from 2011.

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Ryue, J., Baik, K. & Lee, J. Prediction of settlement influence factors for laterally loaded short piles by using a continuum-based soil model. J Mech Sci Technol 34, 1207–1218 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12206-020-0220-6

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