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LATERALLY LOADED DEEP FOUNDATIONS:ANALYSIS AND PERFORMANCE A symposium sponsored by ASTM Committee D-18 on Soil and Rock Kansas City,MO,22 June 1983 ASTM SPECIAL TECHNICAL PUBLICATION 835 J.A.Langer,Gannett Fleming Geotechnlcal Engineers,Inc.,E.T.Mosley,Raamot Associates,and C.D.Thompson,Traw Group Limited,editors ASTM Publication Code Number(PCN)04-835000-38 l!lll 1916 Race Street,Pliiladelphia,Pa.19103 Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Laterally loaded deep foundations.(ASTM special technical publication;835)ASTM publication code number(PCN)04-835000-38.Includes bibliographical references and index.1.FoundationsCongresses.2.Piling(Civil engineering)Congresses.L Langer,J.A.(James A.)n.Mosley,E.T.IIL Thompson,C.(Christopher)IV.ASTM Committee D-18 on Soil and Rock.V.Series.TA775.L37 1984 624.154 83-72942 ISBN 0-8031-0207-0 Copyright by AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND MATERIALS 1984 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number:83-72942 NOTE The Society is not responsible,as a body,for the statements and opinions advanced in this publication.Printed in Baltimore,Md.Sept.1984 Frank Fuller Dedication It is with deep appreciation to Frank Fuller for his work as chairman of ASTM Subcommittee D18.il on Deep Foundations that this publication is dedicated.Among the accomplishments during his term as chair-man of the subcommittee from 1973 through 1983 were two substantial revisions to ASTM Testing Piles Under Static Axial Compressive Loads(D 1143);two new stan-dards,ASTM Testing Individual Piles Under Static Ax-ial Tensile Load(D 3689)and ASTM Testing Piles Under Lateral Loads(D 3966);initiation of the development of standards for testing soil and rock anchors,dynamic test-ing of piles,and calibration of test jacks and load cells;and two symposia.Behavior of Deep Foundations,ASTM STP 670,June 1978,and Laterally Loaded Deep Foundations:Analysis and Performance,ASTM STP 835,June 1983.Frank Fuller recently retired from Raymond Interna-tional Builders,Inc.,as vice-president and manager of Technical Sales after having held various positions there since his graduation from Renssalaer Polytechnic Insti-tute in 1949.During his career,he has shared unselfishly his expertise on many pile foundation organizational committees for the American Society of Civil Engineers,American Concrete Institute,Prestressed Concrete Insti-tute,and Transportation Research Board as well as ASTM.In addition he has participated in the develop-ment of building code requirements for pile foundations,served as editor and principal writer of Foundation Facts,contributed piling information to numerous text-books,publications,symposia and recently authored En-gineering of Pile Installations.For Franks dedication to the advancement and dissemination of pile foundation knowledge,the engineering community expresses its sin-cere appreciation and best wishes.Foreword The symposium Design and Performance of Laterally Loaded Piles and Pile Groups was presented at Kansas City,MO,22 June 1983.The sympo-sium was sponsored by ASTM Committee D-18 on Soil and Rock.J.A.Langer,Gannett Fleming Geotechnical Engineers,Inc.E.T.Mosley,Raamot Associate,and C.D.Thompson,Traw Group Limited presided as chairmen of the symposium and editors of the publication.Related ASTM Publications Testing of Peats and Organic Soils,STP 820(1983),04-820000-38 Geotechnical Properties,Behavior,and Performance of Calcareous Soils,STP 777(1982),04-777000-38 Behavior of Deep Foundations,STP 670(1979),04-670000-38 Dispersive Clays,Related Piping,and Erosion in Geotechnical Projects,STP 623(1977),04-623000-38 Performance Monitoring for Geotechnical Construction,STP 584(1975),04-584000-38 A Note of Appreciation to Reviewers The quality of the papers that appear in this publication reflects not only the obvious efforts of the authors but also the unheralded,though essential,work of the reviewers.On behalf of ASTM we acknowledge with appreciation their dedication to high professional standards and their sacrifice of time and effort.ASTM Committee on Publications ASTM Editorial Staff Janet R.Schroeder Kathleen A.Greene Rosemary Horstman Helen M.Hoersch Helen P.Mahy Allan S.Kleinberg Susan L.Gebremedhin Contents Introduction 1 A New Solution for the Resistance of Single Piles to Lateral Loading ROBERT PYKE AND MOHSEN BEIKAE 3 Horizontal Subgrade Modulus of Granular SoilsKARIM HABIBAGAHI AND JAMES A.LANGER 21 Microcomputer Analysis of Laterally Loaded PilesROBERT L.SOGGE 35 On the Torsional Stiffness of Rigid Piers Embedded in Isotropic Elastic SoilsA.p.s.SELVADURAI 49 Analysis of a Pile Group Under Lateral LoadingLYMON C.REESE,STEPHEN G.WRIGHT,AND RAVI P.AURORA 56 Generalized Behavior of Laterally Loaded Vertical Piles SOL M.GLESER 72 Laterally Loaded Piles and the Pressuremeter;Comparison of Existing MethodsJEAN-LOUIS BRIAUD,TREVOR SMITH,AND BARRY MEYER 97 Simplified Elastic Continuum Applied to the Laterally Loaded Pile ProblemPart 1:TheoryJOHN S.HORVATH 112 Lateral-Load Tests on 25.4-mm(