Abstract:This paper develops a novel reference analytical solution for axially loaded piles in inhomogeneous soils, extending the pioneering elastodynamic model of Nogami and Novak (1976) to piles embedded in vertically inhomogeneous soils. Following the classical earlier model, the pile is modelled as a rod, using the strength‐of‐materials solution, and the soil layer as an approximate continuum, which rest on rigid rock. The approximation lies in reducing the number of dependent variables by eliminating certain stres… Show more
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