CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
4th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
CONTEMPORARY ACHIEVEMENTS IN CIVIL ENGINEERING 2016 , 2016.y., pp. 349-358
MODELING OF LATERALLY LOADED PILES USING EMBEDDED BEAM ELEMENTS| |
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| DOI: 10.14415/konferencijaGFS 2016.035 |
| UDC: 624.154.042 |
| CC-BY-SA 4.0 license |
| Author : Marjanović, Miloš; Vukićević, Mirjana; König, Diethard; Schanz, Tom; Schäfer, René |
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| | Summary: |
| | Realistic modeling of pile groups requires the use of complex nonlinear 3D
simulations, usually with full discretization of pile continuum. In order to reduce the
complexity of these models, as well as the computation time, in past years an embedded
beam element has been formulated and implemented into FEM computer codes such as
PLAXIS 3D. This concept was originally intended for modeling axially loaded piles and
pile groups, while its performances under lateral loading conditions are not fully
investigated. This paper presents the overview of different modeling techniques of
laterally loaded pile groups using FEM. The possibility of using embedded beam model
for this problem, as well as its limitations, have been discussed. |
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| | Keywords: |
| | embedded beam, lateral load, pile group, FEM, soil-structure interaction |
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