
Research and Applications in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation – Zingoni (Ed.)
© 2013 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00061-2
Improved subgrade reaction model in designing embedded piles
exposed to static lateral head loads
Matthias Pulsfort & Tim Welskopf
Bergische Universitaet Wuppertal, Germany
ABSTRACT: Based upon the results of recent model tests with vertical piles exposed to lateral head loads,
some new findings upon soil-pile head interaction are reported here. The bearing behavior of piles carrying
off lateral loads at the pile head towards the surrounding soil is determined by the development of horizontal
reaction ...