Abstract: Although pile caps have considerable ability to resist lateral loads, this resistance is often neglected in design. Published cases involving a variety of pile and cap sizes, soil conditions, and loading conditions indicate ...

Abstract: A pure fixed-head (zero-rotation) condition at the top of a group of laterally loaded piles is seldom achievable in the field, even when piles are installed in a group that is “rigidly” constrained by a stiff concrete pile ...

Abstract: The magnitude of the passive earth pressure that resists the movement of a structure is controlled by the amount the structure moves and the direction in which it moves, strength and stiffness of the soil that resists its ...