TY - JOUR ID - 170110 TI - Effect of the Slenderness Ratio of Piles on Ultimate Lateral Resistance in Sandy Soil JO - Engineering and Technology Journal JA - ETJ LA - en SN - 1681-6900 AU - Ali, Iman A. AU - Abbas, Saad F. AU - Ibrahim, Karim H. AD - Civil Engineering Department,University of Technology-Iraq, Alsina’a street, 10066 Baghdad, Iraq. Y1 - 2021 PY - 2021 VL - 39 IS - 12 SP - 1740 EP - 1747 KW - Ultimate lateral resistance KW - Slenderness Ratio KW - Flexible pile KW - Rigid pile KW - Relative Density DO - 10.30684/etj.v39i12.105 N2 - This research presents the results of 14 tests, where the pile is subjected to static lateral loads. The tests are carried out on pile models with different length / diameter ratios embedded in sand with different relative densities. The influence of embedment length to diameter ratios (L/D), relative density and mode of failure of the pile on the ultimate lateral resistance of piles are investigated. A series of different ratios of embedded length to constant diameter ranging from 12 to 30 was used to perform this study. From the results of the experimental models, it is found that, the length to diameter ratio is a significant variable that influences the ultimate resistance of the piles, where lateral static loads were employed to the single pile by a static lateral load using a device designed for this purpose, and due to the static lateral load the pile was deflected. The ultimate lateral resistance of a pile is investigated to specify the behavior of the pile under the effect of lateral loads as a rigid or flexible pile. UR - https://etj.uotechnology.edu.iq/article_170110.html L1 - https://etj.uotechnology.edu.iq/article_170110_a0c3ced2efebf54fec6f4356570a7656.pdf ER -