FEM Analysis and Simplified Approach for a Single Energy Pile Subjected to Thermomechanical Loads

Table 3

Parameters of case study.

Layer of soils	Thickness of soil layer (m)	Parameters	Values(kPa/mm)
Layer 1	5	ks1	1.094
Layer 2	5	ks1	1.276
Layer 3	5	ks1	2.161
Layer 4	5	ks1	2.719
Layer 5	5	ks1	2.771
Layer 6	5	ks1	2.875
Layer 7	5	ks1	3.066
Layer 8	5	ks1	3.241
l1 =26.31 m (Obtained by the proposed method)
l1 = 24.65 m (Obtained by ABAQUS)
rpile=0.5m, Hpile=40m, λpile  °C^−1=1x10^−5, kb1=28.91kPa/mm