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Stability of end-bearing piles in a non-homogeneous elastic foundation |
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| Authors: | R P West M E Heelis M N Pavlovi&#x; G B Wylie |
| Abstract: | The stability of end-bearing piles that are supported laterally along their entire length by an elastic Winkler foundation is investigated for the case when the coefficient of horizontal subgrade reaction varies linearly with depth. A pattern of clustering of buckling modes is shown to occur and the approximate modelling of the elastic foundation by averaging the stiffness of the subgrade is discussed. © 1997 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
| Keywords: | buckling end-bearing piles Winkler elastic foundation |