In the present study, the effect of pile cross section on the lateral behavior of pile when subjected to combined loads has been investigated. The lateral tip displacement, as well as the deformation along the pile depth, has been taken into account. To achieve the objective that obtains from this work, the laboratory work was developed, which included piles made from aluminum and steel materials with circular and square cross-sections for each one. The diameter and the corresponding width of a square section of the used piles were 15 mm, with a slenderness ratio (L/D) of (25 and 45) and embedded in sandy soil with a relative density (Dr) of 70%. The test results revealed that the pile with square cross section was more resistance to lateral load compared with the traditional shape, with improvement in the range of (30-65%) in different condition. Also, the presence of axial load effect on the lateral response of piles.
The present study focus on the investigation ofthe response of single pile when subjected to both axial and lateral loads simultaneously in dense sand. To study this issue, laboratory model was locally improved to examine the piles under this kind of loading. The dense sand provided using raining technique. The slenderness ratio of the tested pile is ( L/D=45). On the other hand, the vertical and horizontal loads are divided into 5 stages to assess the influence of load intensities on the lateral pile response. It can be concluded that the lateral pile response is affected by changing the load intensities
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