Research Article

Bending Moment Calculations for Piles Based on the Finite Element Method

Table 16

Comparison of bending moments by 2-D and 3-D analyses (  m).

Element typeCPE4-D-W
(EI)
CPE4-D-W
( )
C3D8-WCPE4-D-YCPE4-D-Y
/E)
C3D8-Y

(kN·m)4422.844387.733895.87636.485682.864729.85
(kN·m)−1061.76−1053.33−1120.00−117.02−1044.83−1102.11