Behavior of Piles under Lateral Loading Soil Structure Interaction

This paper focuses on the application of sub grade reaction method for the analysis of laterally loaded piles embedded in cohesion less soils. The sub grade reaction method considers the pile as a flexible beam on the elastic foundation and replaces soil as a series of elastic, closely spaced but independent springs. This method has the advantage of being relatively simple, and single layer foundation in cohesion less soil is considered in the present study. The pile deflection, Slope, bending moment and shear force is calculated using this method and the same has been validated with finite element based ANSYS software. The code IS 1911 has been used for values of Constant subgrade reaction.