Research Article

Investigation of p-y Behaviors of a Cyclic Laterally Loaded Pile in Saturated Silty Sand

Table 1

Material properties of the prototype pile and model pile used in this study.

Scale factorPrototypeModel (λ = 15)

Outside diameter (mm)λ45030
Length (mm)λ21,0001,400
Embedded depth (mm)λ14,250950
Thickness (mm)λ402
Elastic modulus (GPa)λ21070
Flexural rigidity (Nm2)λ 4.52.29E + 41.19E − 1