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

Table 6

Cyclic loading factors for cyclic p-y curves.

Soil conditions			Infinite depth
Loose state (Dr = 40%)	−0.008 (z/D) + 1.152	−0.009 (z/D) + 1.171	19D
Medium-dense (Dr = 70%)	0.012 (z/D) + 0.808	0.016 (z/D) + 0.744	16D
Dense state (Dr = 90%)	0.020 (z/D) + 0.740	0.023 (z/D) + 0.701	13D