Behavior of batter pile group models embedded in sandy soil under monotonic loading

Abstract

This paper introduces an attempt to examine the effect of vertical monotonic load on the batter pile group models on its ultimate vertical load capacity. A fourteen steel solid pile models are used in this research. Three lengths of piles are selected (300, 400, and 500 mm) for embedment ratios (depth to width) 15 and 25, respectively. Batter piles are embedded in three different relative densities of sand bed (loose, medium and dense). The constant rate penetration test (CRPT) method was selected using a manufactured driving hammer to install the pile models in a steel box with dimensions (1000, 750 and 700) mm. The vertical cyclic load is conducted by a special hydraulic apparatus. The results indicate that the batter-vertical load capacity (BVLC) ratio increased by the increase in the embedded pile length. The batter pile group has a higher capacity at 20 degrees batter angle as compared with the vertical groups. Vertical pile groups exhibited more efficiency, which increases when pile length increases while decreases when the relative density is increased. The batter-vertical load capacity ratio increases when the embedded pile length increases and decreases with the increase in the relative density.