Kinematic Bending Moments in Seismically Stressed Piles

摘要

The report studies kinematic deformation of a free-hand and fixed-head pileembedded in layered soil. A comprehensive parametric study is presented in this report aimed at developing: (1) a fundamental understanding into the nature of the problem and (2) simple design aids for inexpensively computing the peak bending moments in a pile, under an arbitrary seismic time history.