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Abstract

The purpose of this investigation was to examine the behaviour of inclined piles, both singly and in groups, embedded in cohesionless soil.

Model tests have been carried out on single piles and on pile groups driven into carefully prepared beds of uniform sand. Freestanding groups of piles with different configurations, with and without raked piles have been tested under both vertical and horizontal loads. The behaviour of the groups has been compared.

Various methods of analysis have examined, and a method has been developed to predict the behaviour of pile groups containing raked piles from the observed behaviour of a single test pile. Two computer programmes are presented to analyse single piles and pile groups. There was good agreement between the computer predictions and the observed behaviour of the models.

Publication Type:	Thesis (Doctoral)
Subjects:	T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Departments:	School of Science & Technology > Department of Engineering School of Science & Technology > School of Science & Technology Doctoral Theses Doctoral Theses

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