PileGroupTool

The SimCenter Pile-Group Tool provides a dynamic interface to study the behavior of a pile or pile-group in layered soil. It allows the user to interactively (and nearly instantly) observe the system's response to changes of the following parameters:

• soil structure (up to 3 layers of variable thickness) and soil properties
• position of the ground water table
• pile stiffness, embedment length, connection type to the pile cap
• number of piles in the group (one to three piles)
• the applied horizontal force at the pile cap (push-over analysis)

Presented results include:

• lateral displacement of all piles
• moment and shear diagrams for each
• vertical soil stresses
• ultimate strength and stiffness parameters for the employed p-y springs