DEFLECTION PREDICTION OF LATERALLY LOADED PILES USING INCLINOMETER DATA

摘要

Load-deflection response of laterally loaded piles is often obtained via in-situ lateral pile load tests. Problems with such tests are the difficulties that occur during data interpretation. In an effort to develop an efficient method for analyzing deformation data of lateral loaded piles, an analytical model is proposed based on energy conservation of the pile soil system. The proposed analytical model not only provides a direct solution to the pile deflection function, but also has less need of complicated subsurface soil properties. In this paper, the authors present the theory and analytical model development of the proposed method. One real case is used to verify the feasibility of the developed methodology as well as to make comparison to other methods.