68th Canadian Geotechnical Conference and 7th Canadian Permafrost Conference

3D MODELING LATERALLY LOADED BATTERED PILES IN SAND

Lassaad Hazzar, Université de Sherbrooke (Canada)
Mahmoud Nasser Hussien, Université de Sherbrooke (Canada)
Mourad Karray, Université de Sherbrooke (Canada)

A series of three-dimensional finite difference analyses have been carried out to investigate the lateral capacity of battered piles under lateral loads. Analyses were performed in homogenous sandy soils. Numerical results show that the lateral capacity of the battered piles is influenced by the value and the sign of the pile batter angle as well as the sand density. For negative batter angles, when lateral load acts opposite to the direction of pile inclination, the lateral capacity of the battered piles increases substantially with batter angle and with soil density. However, for positive batter angles, when the lateral load acts in the direction of the pile inclination, the lateral capacity is slightly decreased to moderately increased all dependent to the value of batter angle and the sand density.