Dynamic characteristics of lateral load‐deflection relationships of flexible piles

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Abstract
Most offshore platforms are supported on long and large‐diameter piles with variable wall‐thickness along the length, and soil properties varying with depth. The design and analyses of these piles are made by modelling the soil‐pile system with a beam‐on‐Winkler foundation. Therefore, evaluation of appropriate soil‐pile springs for use in such analyses is a matter of concern. Fundamental characteristics of dynamic lateral load‐deflection relationships for piles were studied analytically considering the soil‐pile‐structure interaction under seismic loading conditions. The soil layer was assumed homogeneous, linearly elastic with hysteretic type material damping, and overlying a rigid base. A superstructure with multi‐degrees of freedom was supported by a single vertical pile hinged at the rigid base.Parametric studies were carried out to identify the influence of the system parameters on the behaviour of the dynamic lateral load‐deflection relationships of piles. The lateral load‐deflection relationships vary considerably with depth and are influenced not only by the dynamic properties of soil but also by the structural properties of a pile and loading conditions. These lateral load‐deflection relationships can be used to define the soil‐pile springs for the seismic response analysis of a soil‐pile‐structure system, and the results can be extended to problems with soil profiles with layering and non‐linearity.

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