Errata

Single Piles and Pile Groups Under Lateral Loading, 2nd Edition
Authors: Lymon C. Reese & William F. Van Impe
ISBN: 978-0-415-46988-3

Page 143, 144, 147, 148:

Due to an error in the typesetting stage of this volume, the following corrections should
be applied to the numbering of figures and to references to these figures in the text:

P0
M0
Y
Q0 0

y3
y⬘1 y⬘2 y⬘3
x1 y1 x3
y2
x⬘1 x2
x⬘3
x⬘2
Individual
Individual pile group* 3
pile group* 1 Individual
X pile group* 2
(X, Y) Structural coordinate system
(x⬘i , yi) Local structural coordinate system
(xi, yi) Member coordinate system

*Note: There can be one or more piles in and individual group. Each pile in the
group must have identical load-displacement characteristics; or another
group must be identified

Figure 5.4a Coordinate systems for analysis of pile groups showing positive directions of displacements
(after Awoshika & Reese 1971).
 Pi
yi

Mi y ⬘i
Qi

x i⬘ xi

Figure 5.4b Positive direction of forces on single pile in pile group analysis (after Awoshika & Reese
1971).

5.5.2 Effect of batter

The effect of batter on the behavior of laterally loaded piles was investigated in a test
tank (Awoshika & Reese, 1971). The lateral, soil-resistance curves of a vertical pile
were modified by a constant to express the effect of the pile inclination. The values
of the modifying constant as a function of the batter angle were deduced from model
tests in sands and also from full-scale, pile-loading tests that are reported in technical
literature (Kubo, 1965). The criterion is expressed by a solid line in Fig. 3.34.
Plotted points in Fig. 3.34 show the modification factors for the batter piles tested in
the experiments by Awoshika & Reese (1971). The modification factors were obtained
for two series of tests independently.
0⬘
0 V Y
(U, V, a)
U
a
a
yi
V
P
P⬘ y ⬘i
U

li
Pile i
X
x ⬘i xi
(a) Pile head displacement due to pile cap displacement

vi yi
v ⬘i
P
y ⬘i
P⬘
u ⬘i
ui
Pile i
li
x ⬘i xi

(b) Transformation of displacement between local structrual

coordinate system and member coordinate system

Figure 5.5 Transformation of displacements (after Awoshika & Reese 1971).

 Fig. 3.34 indicates that for the out-batter piles, the agreement between the empiri-
cal curve and the experiments is good, while the in-batter piles, for the batter angles
that were investigated experimentally, did not show any effect of the batter. How-
ever, Kubo’s experiments show greater batter angles and are used in establishing the
recommended curve for use.
The values from Fig. 3.34 can be used to modify values of pult which in turn will
cause a modification of all of the values of p in the p-y curves. An analytical method
may be used to compute the value of pult by computing the forces on a wedge of soil
whose shape is modified to reflect the batter, in or out.

Consequently, there is no longer a figure 5.6 in the book.

We apologize for these errors.

The publishers