FB-MultiPier Vs LPile
FB-MultiPier Vs LPile
FB-MultiPier Vs LPile
FB-MULTIPIER
P-Y MODEL VALIDATION
FB-MultiPier V4.16 vs. LPILE V6.0.15
Jae Chung, Ph.D.
Anand Patil, E.I.
Henry Bollmann, P.E.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This report summarizes the comparison between FB-MultiPier V4.16 and LPILE
V6.0.15 in which the soil lateral resistance is numerically predicted using various P-Y
models.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Circular Section ............................................................................................................... 4
2. Noncircular Section ....................................................................................................... 13
Chapter 1
Circular Section
P
10 ft
P = 10 kips
56.7ft
= 32o
k = 60 pci
= 110 pcf
File: sps_reese_sand_24pipe.in
a) Shear force
b) Bending moment
d) Deflection
Figure 1.1
P
10 ft
P = 30 kips
56.7ft
= 32o
k = 60 pci
= 110 pcf
File: sps_API_sand_24pipe.in
a) Shear force
b) Bending moment
d) Deflection
Figure 1.2
P
10 ft
56.7ft
P = 10 kips
= 32o
k = 60 pci
= 110 pcf
36 Drilled Shaft
Sand (Reese)
File: sps_reese_sand_36drilled.in
a) Shear force
b) Bending moment
d) Deflection
Figure 1.3
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P
10 ft
P = 20 kips
56.7ft
= 32o
k = 60 pci
= 110 pcf
36 Drilled Shaft
Sand (API)
File: sps_API_sand_36drilled.in
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a) Shear force
b) Bending moment
d) Deflection
Figure 1.4
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Chapter 2
Noncircular Section
In this chapter, analysis results of load-deformation behaviors of noncircular pile
foundations are compared between FB-MultiPier and LPILE and presented for resultant
shear, moment, pile head displacement, and soil lateral resistance. For direct comparison,
gross-sectional properties are used in linear elastic analysis for the noncircular section.
In FB-MultiPier analysis for Example 2-1 through 2-9, effective diameters of the
noncircular piles are computed using Deff = 2(td + tw ) / where effective diameter is
denoted by Deff , and tw and td are width and depth of the section. Since the p-y curve was
originally developed for circular sections and thus a function of the diameter, an
empirical equation for calculating the circumference is used to approximate an equivalent
diameter to the dimensions of noncircular section, which results in increased soil lateral
resistance due to the noncircular shape of the pile; Ashour and Norris (2000) studied
analytically the influence of pile cross-sectional shapes on the p-y curves. They found
that if two piles have the same width perpendicular to the lateral load yet different
shapes such that one has a circular section and the other has a square section, then the
resulting p-y curves can be different. Their findings are based on numerical studies of soil
wedge formation. Reese and Van Impe (2001) also pointed out the influence of the shape
of the pile cross section on the soil resistance such that the square pile would induce a
soil resistance higher than the circular pile. No full-scale load test result has been found
in the literature.
Reference:
1. FHWA-HRT-04-043: 8.3.1 P-y Curves; 8.3.1.1 Introduction where a schematic
sketch illustrates the lateral resistance of soil with respect to pile shapes
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/research/infrastructure/structures/04043/08.cfm
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P
10 ft
P = 10 kips
56.7ft
= 32o
k = 60 pci
= 110 pcf
File: sps_reese_sand_18precast.in
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a) Shear force
b) Bending moment
d) Deflection
Figure 2.1
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P
10 ft
56.7ft
P = 10 kips
= 32o
k = 60 pci
= 110 pcf
File: sps_API_sand_18precast.in
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a) Shear force
b) Bending moment
d) Deflection
Figure 2.2
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P
10 ft
56.7ft
P = 10 kips
Cu = 400psf
50 = 0.02
= 110 pcf
File: sps_matlock_clay_soft-water_18precast.in
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a) Shear force
b) Bending moment
d) Deflection
Figure 2.3
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P
10 ft
P = 10 kips
56.7ft
k = 100 pci
= 110 pcf
Cu = 2000 psf
50 = 0.005
Cavg = 2000 psf
18 Square FDOT Standard Prestressed Pile
File: sps_reese_clay_stiff+water_18precast.in
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a) Shear force
b) Bending moment
d) Deflection
Figure 2.4
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P
10 ft
P = 10 kips
56.7ft
= 110 pcf
Cu = 2000 psf
50 = 0.005
Cavg = 2000 psf
File: sps_reese_clay_stiff-water_18precast.in
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a) Shear force
b) Bending moment
d) Deflection
Figure 2.5
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Example 2-6: Single 18 Precast Pile in Dual Soil Layers (Sand over Clay)
Problem Description: Analyze a single 18 precast, prestressed pile subjected to lateral loading condition. The
pile is embedded in a double layer of sand and clay which is modeled using the API sand and the stiff clay below
water table models. The pile is assumed to remain linear elastic.
P
10 ft
P = 10 kips
32.5 ft
Sand (API)
24.2 ft
Clay
(Stiff < Water)
File: sps_2layers_AStop_SCbottom_18precast.in
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a) Shear force
b) Bending moment
d) Deflection
Figure 2.6
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Example 2-7: Single 18 Precast Pile in Dual Soil Layers (Clay over Sand)
Problem Description: Analyze a single precast, prestressed pile subjected to lateral loading condition. The pile
is embedded in a double layer of sand and clay which is modeled using the stiff clay above water table and Reese
sand models. The pile is assumed to have to remain linear elastic.
P = 10 kips
10 ft
32.5 ft
Clay
(Stiff > Water)
24.2 ft
Sand (Reese)
File: sps_2layers_SCtop_RSbottom_18precast.in
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a) Shear force
b) Bending moment
d) Deflection
Figure 2.7
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P = 10 kips
10 ft
32.5 ft
Sand (Reese)
24.2 ft
Sand (API)
File: sps_2layers_RStop_ASbottom_18precast.in
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a) Shear force
b) Bending moment
d) Deflection
Figure 2.8
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P
10 ft
56.7ft
P = 30 kips
= 32o
k = 60 pci
= 110 pcf
H-Pile 14.21x14.21
Thickness t = 0.805
Sand (Reese)
File: sps_reese_sand_HPile(1).in
NOTE: The effective diameter of the FB-MultiPier model is NOT equal to the width of
the square section, which LPILE uses as the diameter of the H-pile section in this
example. Minor discrepancies in the prediction of the soil-pile interaction are observed as
shown in Figure 2-9.
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a) Shear force
b) Bending moment
d) Deflection
Figure 2.9
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P
10 ft
56.7ft
P = 30 kips
= 32o
k = 60 pci
= 110 pcf
Sand (Reese)
File: sps_reese_sand_HPile(2).in
LPILE
Flange width (tw) = 14.21 in
Depth (td) = 14.21 in
Moment of inertia (I) =1163.19 in4
Area (A) = 33.021 in2
Pile diameter = 14.21 in (defined)
FB-MultiPier
Flange width (tw) = 11.16 in
Depth (td) = 11.16 in
Moment of inertia (I) =1163.19 in4
Area (A) = 33.021 in2
Effective diameter = 14.21 in (computed)
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a) Shear force
b) Bending moment
d) Deflection
Figure 2.10
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