Research Article

Model Tests on Y-Shaped Piles under Compressive and Lateral Loading in Saturated Sand

Table 7

Results of horizontal model tests.

ItemsValues
pile pile pile pile

Critical load (kN)1.61.20.81.6
Displacement (mm)3.903.263.743.53
Ultimate load (kN)2.82.41.63.2
Displacement (mm)12.1112.4013.1913.37
Ultimate load per concrete volume (kN/m3)280.4240.4160.3131.3