Evaluation of P-Y Relationships in Cohesionless Soils

by Jack M. Murchison, Texas Dep of Highways & Public, Transportation, Bridge Div, Austin, TX, USA,
Michael W. O'Neill, Texas Dep of Highways & Public, Transportation, Bridge Div, Austin, TX, USA,



Document Type: Proceeding Paper

Part of: Analysis and Design of Pile Foundations

Abstract:

Four semi-empirical procedures for construction of p-y curves in cohesionless soils were developed to fit data from a particular load test or a specific set of tests on similar soils. The relative accuracy of these procedures is studied by applying each to a variety of conditions defined in a data base consisting of full-scale lateral load tests in very loose to very dense cohesionless soils and of piles with several cross-sectional shapes and a range of diameters.

Subject Headings: Cohesionless soils | Load tests | Lateral loads | Soil-structure interaction | Soil-pile interaction | Pile tests | Pile foundations

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