Research Article

Bending Moment Calculations for Piles Based on the Finite Element Method

Table 15

Comparison of horizontal displacements calculated by 2-D and 3-D analyses.

Pile spacing2 m9 m100 m1000 m
Element typeCPE4-DC3D8CPE4-DC3D8CPE4-DC3D8CPE4-DC3D8

(m)0.040080.040160.043910.044770.045430.045750.046080.04575
(m)−0.00675−0.00672−0.00776−0.007405−0.00782−0.00732−0.00766−0.00732