Ensoft, Inc.: A Program For The Analysis & Design of Piles and Drilled Shafts Under Lateral Loads
Ensoft, Inc.: A Program For The Analysis & Design of Piles and Drilled Shafts Under Lateral Loads
Ensoft, Inc.: A Program For The Analysis & Design of Piles and Drilled Shafts Under Lateral Loads
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LPI LE v 6 . 0
A Program for the Analysis & Design of Piles and Drilled Shafts Under Lateral Loads
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
LPILE is a special-purpose program based on rational procedures for analyzing a pile under lateral loading using the p-y
method. LPILE solves the differential equation for a beamcolumn using nonlinear lateral load-transfer (p-y) curves. The
program computes deflection, bending moment, shear force and
soil response over the length of the pile.
As an option, components of the stiffness matrix at the pile
head may be computed internally by LPILE so users can incorporate basic soil-structure interaction in their super-structure
analyses. Another option from LPILE provides graphs of pilehead deflections for various pile lengths, to help users with
optimum pile penetrations (for lateral response).
Nonlinear lateral load-transfer from the foundation to the soil
is modeled using p-y curves generated internally using published
recommendations for various types of soils. Special procedures
are programmed for computing p-y curves for layered soils and
for rocks. Alternatively, the user can enter manually any other
externally generated p-y curves.
Five types of pile-head boundary conditions may be selected, and
the structural properties of the pile can vary as a function of depth.
LPILE has analytical features to compute the nonlinear momentcurvature relationships and nominal moment capacity of a piles
section based on specified pile dimensions and nonlinear material
properties. Optionally, the user may enter nonlinear moment-
LIST OF FEATURES
Boundary Conditions and Loading
Five sets of boundary conditions are available to model the
pile head: free head, pinned head with sway, fixed head
with sway, or elastically-restrained with a rotational spring.
Depending on boundary conditions, pile-head loading may
consist of a lateral load, a bending moment, a specific lateral
displacement, or a specific pile-head rotation. The ability to
specify both deflection and rotation at the pile head is an useful
feature available in LPILE.
Up to fifty different load cases may be applied at the pile
head in a single analytical run. This is a helpful feature for
the quick observation of pile behavior for a specified range
of external loads.
Users can specify any of the applied loads to be used for
computations of pile-head deflection vs pile penetration to
check critical pile length and produce efficient penetration
designs.
A set of distributed lateral loading may be applied anywhere
along the length of the pile. Loading may be specified as
constant or varying linearly with depth.
LRFD Analyses
LPILE v6 introduces the capability of performing analyses for
Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD).
Up to fifty load-case combinations may be defined with up to
100 unfactored loads grouped in 13 pre-defined load types.
Load-case combinations are defined by entering the load
factors for each load type and the resistance factors for both
flexure and shear. Optionally, the user may enter the load case
combinations by reading external text files (previously created
by the user).
Unfactored loads are defined for: shear, moment, axial thrust,
and distributed lateral load.
Load types for unfactored loads are: dead load, live, earthquake, impact, wind, water, ice, horizontal soil pressure,
live roof, rain, snow, temperature plus two user-defined load
types.
Factored loads are computed for each load-case combination
by multiplying the appropriate load factor by the sum of loads
of the same type. Summary reports of the computed load-case
combinations are generated by the program.
LPI LE v 6 . 0