Probabilistic Analysis of lateral bearing capacity of pile-soil System
Djawhara Hamouma, Abd Alhamid Messameh, Naoui Tallah
Abstract
The bearing capacity of circular pile has been widely treated considering the soil as a homogeneous material. While the soil properties change randomly, which pushed us to use probabilistic analysis. This study presents an evaluation of the undrained bearing capacity of circular pile under lateral loading, assuming that the cohesion of the soil is random variable. A finite element limit analysis, OptumG2, is used in this study. It is found that the increase of coefficient of variation CovSu, decreases the bearing capacity factor of pile Np, in which the effect of increasing adhesion factor becomes less as CovSu increases.
Topics & Concepts
Bearing capacityPileGeotechnical engineeringCohesion (chemistry)Probabilistic logicProbabilistic analysis of algorithmsHomogeneousGeologyStructural engineeringFinite element methodBearing (navigation)Environmental scienceEngineeringMathematicsStatisticsComputer sciencePhysicsCombinatoricsQuantum mechanicsArtificial intelligenceGeotechnical Engineering and AnalysisGeotechnical Engineering and Soil StabilizationGeotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics