EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON PERFORMANCE OF LATERALLY LOADED PLUMB AND FINNED PILES IN LAYERED SAND

When a soil of low bearing capacity extends to a considerable depth, piles are commonly used to transmit vertical and lateral loads to the surrounding soil, there are some structures where the piles primary function is to transferlarge lateral loads to the ground such as bridge abutments, retaining walls, and structures subjected to wind–earthquake loads. In this study a small scale 10 model tests were performed to evaluate the behavior andperformance of laterally loaded (Plumb and finned) piles in layered dry sand from Karbala city, Iraq with three layers of relative densities (

Keywords:

Lateral Resistance , Plumb Piles , Finned Piles , Single Pile , Pile Group