A Simplified Nonlinear Method for a Laterally Loaded Pile in Sloping Ground

Table 1

Comparison of pile behavior between the proposed method and the model tests.

Method	Horizontal displacement y0 (mm)			Maximum bending moment Mmax (N·m)
Slope angle θ (°)	0	30	60	0	30	60
Experimental	3.2	7.6	18.2	24.1	32.5	33.1
Calculated	3.3	7.5	15.3	23.5	31.6	32.2
Absolute error (%)	3.1	1.3	15.9	2.5	2.7	2.7