PROPOSAL OF DESIGN METHOD FOR BATTER PILE FOUNDATION ON SOFT CLAY OCCURRING CONSOLIDATION

Abstract

 To use the batter piles foundations in the soft clay, it is necessary to design for the bending moment occurred by consolidation settlement. In this research, we measured the bending moment occurred on the batter piles due to consolidation settlement by centrifuge tests, and proposed an evaluation method of the bending moment. Furthermore, we cleared the variability of the bending moment in seismic situation by cyclic load test and seismic test. Based on these tests results, we proposed the design method for the batter piles on the seismic situation.