Ali farahani - MSc Graduate, School of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
Mahdi Samadzad - Assistant Professor, School of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
Reza Rafiee-Dehkharghani - Assistant Professor, School of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

This paper presents results of an analytical continuous wave-based method in the frequency domain for analyzing the wave propagation behavior of a single pile embedded in the soil using an in-house computer program and compares it with the results obtained from finite element beam models. It is assumed that the pile is subjected to the steady-state dynamic loadings, and the surrounding soil is modeled by discrete springs and dashpots. Each spring is treated as a discontinuity along the wave path, which causes the reflection and transmission of incoming waves.

Single pile, Viscoelastic soil, Wave propagation, Timoshenko beam, Finite element