Research Article

Effect of Pile-Soil Relative Stiffness on Deformation Characteristics of the Laterally Loaded Pile

Table 1

Similarity ratio between the model pile and prototype pile.

Physical quantitySimilarity ratioPrototype pileModel pile

Pile length65m50 cm
Embedded depth50m38.5 cm
Calculation diameter2.5 m1.9 cm
Bending stiffness56.66 GN·m2198 N·m2
Horizontal load