Bending Moment Calculations for Piles Based on the Finite Element Method

Table 14

Calculated horizontal displacement of pile A.

Item		At elevation of −5.3 m	At elevation of −90 m
C3D20R-M3	Displacement (m)	0.02024	0.00642
C3D8-M1	Displacement (m); Error (%)	0.020093; −0.71	0.006339; −1.22
C3D8-M2	Displacement (m); Error (%)	0.019967; −1.33	0.006355; −0.96
C3D8-M3	Displacement (m); Error (%)	0.019897; −1.68	0.006368; −0.77
C3D8-M4	Displacement (m); Error (%)	0.019971; −1.31	0.006355; −0.96
C3D8-M5	Displacement (m); Error (%)	0.019967; −1.33	0.006355; −0.97