Bending Moment Calculations for Piles Based on the Finite Element Method

Table 10

Calculated horizontal displacement of the pile (with C3D8).

Item	Grid number along the length	Grid number across pile section
		2		4		8
		Displacement; (m)	Error; (%)	Displacement; (m)	Error; (%)	Displacement; (m)	Error; (%)
𝑈𝑚	15	0.042865	−4.98	0.042764	−5.21	0.042740	−5.26
	30	0.044506	−1.35	0.044408	−1.56	0.044384	−1.62
	60	0.044896	−0.48	0.044796	−0.70	0.044774	−0.75
𝑈𝑡	15	−0.006532	−13.71	−0.006488	−14.29	−0.006478	−14.43
	30	−0.007278	−3.85	−0.007238	−4.38	−0.007229	−4.51
	60	−0.007452	−1.56	−0.007414	−2.06	−0.007405	−2.17