Research Article
Modeling Laterally Loaded Single Piles Accounting for Nonlinear Soil-Pile Interactions
Table 4
Variation of pile head displacement versus pile diameter in different nonlinear analysis methods with constant EI for the pile.
| Pile diameter (m) | Pile deflection at the ground level (mm) | Sand | Clay | 3D FEM | p-y | SALLOP | 3D FEM | p-y |
SALLOP | Free tip | Hinged tip |
| 1.00 | 91.0 | 57.0 (35%) | 36.0 (60%) | 45.5 | 45.3 (1%) | 31.2 (32%) | 45.0 (1%) | 2.00 | 60.6 | 43.5 (29%) | 36.0 (41%) | 33.9 | 40.5 (20%) | 30.0 (12%) | 45.0 (33%) | 4.00 | 40.0 | 38.2 (5%) | 36.0 (10%) | 25.1 | 37.5 (50%) | 28.5 (14%) | 45.0 (80%) |
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