Lateral Bearing Capacity of Piles in Cohesive Soils Based on Mohr-Coulomb Yield Criterion

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This paper presents the results of a series of numerical analysis which carried out on piles in cohesive soils. In this study a finite element program which was developed at International University of Imam Khomeini, Qazvin, Iran, is used. This 3D finite element program (3DFEM 4.1) uses Mohr-Coulomb yield criterion as failure mechanism. The objective of this study is to suggest a series of graphs to simplify the procedure of pile design in cohesive soils under lateral loading. Broms proposed graphs to obtain ultimate lateral bearing capacity of such piles. However, the graphs do not cover all piles with different lengths. Therefore, it seems that the design graphs which he proposed should be modified