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LPILEv2015

AProgramfortheAnalysisofPilesandDrilledShaftsUnde
LateralLoads
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LPILEisaspecialpurposeprogram
basedonrationalproceduresforanalyzinga
pileunderlateralloadingusingthepy
method.LPILEsolvesthedifferential
equationforabeamcolumnusingnonlinear
lateralloadtransfer(py)curves.The
programcomputesdeflection,bending
moment,shearforceandsoilresponseover
thelengthofthepile.
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Componentsofthestiffnessmatrixat
thepileheadmaybecomputedinternallyby
LPILEsouserscanincorporatebasicsoil
structureinteractionintheirsuperstructure
analyses.LPILEalsoprovidesgraphsof
pileheaddeflectionsforvariouspile
lengths,tohelpuserswithoptimumpile
penetrations(forlateralresponse).Pushover
andbucklinganalysesmayalsobe
optionallyperformedbyLPILE.
Nonlinearlateralloadtransferfromthe
foundationtothesoilismodeledusingpy
curvesgeneratedinternallyusingpublished
recommendationsforvarioustypesofsoils.
Specialproceduresareprogrammedfor
computingpycurvesforlayeredsoilsand
forrocks.Alternatively,theusercanenter
manuallyanyotherexternallygeneratedpy
curves.Newfullcriteriaformassiverockis
implementedinLPILEv2015.
Fivetypesofpileheadboundary
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