ABSTRACT
This chapter presents comprehensive set of solutions for capturing the response of rigid piles under different loading conditions, which include:
Elastic solutions for capturing the response of rigid anchored piles under various loading types, such as a power-law distributed loading p over a loading depth or a uniform p to a sliding depth l m.
Explicit expressions for estimating loading capacity of free-head and capped piles, which encompass the solutions for lateral loading capacity at tip-yield state and the YRP state, the maximum bending moment and the lateral capacity and applied moment locus for a constant or a linear increasing FPUL p u
Expressions for estimating the resistance factor N p (= p u/s u), which include the impact of rotation or translation, slenderness ratio, gapping and loading angles on lateral piles, anchors, caissons and pipelines.
The rigid-pile solutions are adopted together with a negative loading eccentricity to capture response of anchored piles. This approach may be extended to model piles in multi-layered soil, as was accomplished previously for flexible piles. Under elastic-plastic conditions, anchored piles are subjected to large bending moment. The predicted capacity is on conservative side for l/d < 3 owing to ignoring base resistance. The displacement and A r value gained (for Gibson p u) are yet to be corroborated through test data.