HORIZONTALLY LOADED PILES NEXT TO A TRENCH. Conference Paper uri icon

abstract

  • The problem of a single pile subjected to a monotonic horizontal load next to a trench is addressed. In a first part a total of 12 pressuremeter tests are performed increasingly closer to a deep trench in clay and then in sand. The results show the influence of the trench at small strains and at large strains. In a second part a FEM analysis is performed in order to extend the PMT results to the case of variable trench depth. In a third part a method is proposed to modify the P-y curve to include the presence of a trench.

author list (cited authors)

  • Briaud, J. L., & Tucker, L. M.

complete list of authors

  • Briaud, JL||Tucker, LM

publication date

  • January 1987