Behaviour of Battered Pile Subjected to Lateral Load

The present investigation has been carried out to study the behaviour of battered piles and to evaluate the variation of stresses around these piles due to lateral loads and moment using subgrade reaction approach and finite difference method. In reality, uniform soil deposits are not found in nature and the piles are embedded in layered soils. The research was performed with the free headed pile in mind with its tip embedded in hard rock strata at the bottom. The effect of soil type, pile diameter, and pile length on pile response was examined, and the findings were presented. The formulation was programmed in MATLAB 2016a for the analysis. The validity of the presented solution was confirmed through available solutions in the literature. It has been discovered that soil layering has a significant effect on pile response and must be taken into account for proper study and design. When a pile is exposed to lateral loads, the deflection of the pile decreases as the thickness of the top stiff layer increases. However, it has negligible impact on the maximum moment.