Abstract
The lateral soil pressures, bending moments, pile displacements at the ground surface, and the bearing capacity of instrumented vertical single flexible model piles in layered soil system consisting of soft clay overlying loose sand, under vertical eccentric and central inclined loads have been investigated. The results of these load tests are compared with theoretical estimates based on the concept of the effective embedment depth of equivalent rigid piles for ultimate and elastic cases. Reasonable agreement has been found between the observed and the predicted behaviour of flexible piles. The analyses are also compared with the results of some field case records.
