Abstract
AbstractThis paper reports two 3×3 pile group tests in saturated silt laterally loaded at eccentric distances of 6D and 11D. The model piles were 0.114 m in diameter and 5.95 m in length. The objectives of the tests are to investigate (1) the response of the pile group subjected to eccentric lateral loading and the influence of load eccentricity; and (2) the internal forces mobilized in the piles and their contributions to resisting the applied lateral loads and torques. The results of the model tests indicate that the lateral resistance of the pile group decreased significantly with eccentricity. The lateral resistance of the pile group with an eccentric distance of 6D was 1.5 times that with an eccentric distance of 11D at a horizontal displacement of 50 mm at the center of the pile cap. The mobilized pile-head shear forces as well as the bending moments and horizontal displacements in the piles differ significantly in both magnitude and direction. The shear resistances of the piles contributed to resis...
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