LPile

Pile Lateral Load Analysis Using Beam on Elastic Foundation Method

LatPileB Function
Pile bending moments, forces and deflection due to lateral loads
=LatPileB(Segments, Loads, Support Stiffness, EI)

Input:
Segments
Loads
Soil stiffness
EI

2 column range listing pile length and number of segments, from the top, pile may be divided into zone
3 column range listing applied loads: Node number, Shear Force and Bending Moment
Single column range listing soil stiffness (kN/m/m length) at each pile node
Single column range listing pile section stiffness (EI) at each pile node
Note: If the ranges specified for Soil-stiffness and/or EI have fewer rows than the number of nodes
then the last provided value is applied to nodes to the bottom of the pile

Sign Convention

Assuming a vertical pile, with nodes listed from top to bottom:

Deflections and loads are positive from left to right
Positive bending moments cause compression in the right side of the pile

Output:
Output is a 4 column array, enter as an array function:
To enter an array function:
Enter the function in the top left cell of the output range
Select the entire output range
Press F2
Press Ctrl-shift-enter
Column 1
Node Position from top
Column 2
Deflection
Column 3
Bending Moment
Column 4
Shear force

Example 1: 20 m pile in a uniform soil

Layers
Length
Subdivisions
5
10
15
10

Soil Stiffness, kN/m/m

3000
3000
3000
3000
3000
3000
3000
3000
3000

Pile EI
203575.2
203575.2
203575.2
203575.2
203575.2
203575.2
203575.2
203575.2
203575.2

Loads
Shear, kN

Node
1

100

0.00
-0.50
-1.00
-1.50
-2.00
-2.50
-3.00
-3.50
-4.00

Deflection
1.85E-02
1.60E-02
1.36E-02
1.14E-02
9.35E-03
7.50E-03
5.86E-03
4.42E-03
3.17E-03

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Moment, kNm
50

Moment
Shear Force
50.0
100.0
93.4
74.2
124.8
52.0
146.0
33.3
158.6
17.8
164.2
5.2
164.2
-4.8
159.8
-12.5
152.0
-18.2

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3000
3000
3000
3000
3000
3000
3000
3000
3000
3000
3000
3000

203575.2
203575.2
203575.2
203575.2
203575.2
203575.2
203575.2
203575.2
203575.2
203575.2
203575.2
203575.2

-4.5
-5.0
-6.5
-8.0
-9.5
-11.0
-12.5
-14.0
-15.5
-17.0
-18.5
-20.0

2.11E-03
1.23E-03
-5.36E-04
-1.28E-03
-1.41E-03
-1.21E-03
-8.88E-04
-5.56E-04
-2.58E-04
1.35E-06
2.39E-04
4.70E-04

141.9
130.1
91.4
55.8
28.4
10.4
0.5
-3.4
-3.6
-2.0
-0.4
0.0

-22.1
-24.6
-25.7
-21.3
-15.1
-9.1
-4.4
-1.1
0.7
1.3
0.7
0.0

Example 2: Soil stiffness increasing with depth, pile cracking moment 60 kNm
Layers
Loads
Length
Subdivisions
Node
Shear, kN
Moment, kNm
20
40
1
100
50

Soil Stiffness, kN/m/m

250
375
500
625
750
875
1000
1125
1250
1375
1500
1625
1750
1875
2000
2125
2250
2375
2500
2625
2750
2875
3000
3125

Pile EI
104166.7
20833.3
20833.3
20833.3
20833.3
20833.3
20833.3
20833.3
20833.3
20833.3
20833.3
104166.7
104166.7
104166.7
104166.7
104166.7
104166.7
104166.7
104166.7
104166.7
104166.7
104166.7
104166.7
104166.7

X
0.00
-0.50
-1.00
-1.50
-2.00
-2.50
-3.00
-3.50
-4.00
-4.5
-5.0
-5.5
-6.0
-6.5
-7.0
-7.5
-8.0
-8.5
-9.0
-9.5
-10.0
-10.5
-11.0
-11.5

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Deflection
1.19E-01
9.92E-02
8.05E-02
6.34E-02
4.82E-02
3.52E-02
2.43E-02
1.56E-02
9.09E-03
4.58E-03
1.93E-03
5.38E-04
-4.68E-04
-1.21E-03
-1.73E-03
-2.06E-03
-2.23E-03
-2.29E-03
-2.24E-03
-2.12E-03
-1.96E-03
-1.76E-03
-1.55E-03
-1.33E-03

Moment
Shear Force
50.0
100.0
95.9
83.1
132.6
63.6
159.4
43.4
176.3
24.4
184.2
7.6
184.4
-6.2
178.5
-16.7
168.3
-23.9
155.1
-28.2
140.4
-30.4
124.9
-31.4
109.2
-31.4
93.7
-30.6
78.7
-29.1
64.6
-27.2
51.6
-24.8
39.9
-22.2
29.5
-19.4
20.5
-16.6
12.9
-13.9
6.6
-11.2
1.6
-8.8
-2.3
-6.6

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3250
3375
3500
3625
3750
3875
4000
4125
4250
4375
4500
4625
4750
4875
5000
5125
5250

104166.7
104166.7
104166.7
104166.7
104166.7
104166.7
104166.7
104166.7
104166.7
104166.7
104166.7
104166.7
104166.7
104166.7
104166.7
104166.7
104166.7

-12.0
-12.5
-13.0
-13.5
-14.0
-14.5
-15.0
-15.5
-16.0
-16.5
-17.0
-17.5
-18.0
-18.5
-19.0
-19.5
-20.0

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-1.12E-03
-9.16E-04
-7.32E-04
-5.68E-04
-4.24E-04
-3.01E-04
-1.97E-04
-1.11E-04
-4.06E-05
1.64E-05
6.28E-05
1.01E-04
1.33E-04
1.62E-04
1.89E-04
2.15E-04
2.40E-04

-5.1
-7.0
-8.1
-8.6
-8.6
-8.2
-7.4
-6.5
-5.5
-4.4
-3.4
-2.4
-1.5
-0.8
-0.3
0.0
0.0

-4.7
-3.0
-1.6
-0.4
0.5
1.2
1.7
2.0
2.1
2.1
2.1
1.9
1.6
1.2
0.8
0.3
0.0

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p, pile may be divided into zones of differing segment length

ending Moment

than the number of nodes

Bending Moment
0.00
-50.0

0.0

50.0

-5.00

-10.00
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100.0

150.0

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-10.00

-15.00

-20.00

-25.00

Bending Moment
0.00

-50.0

0.0

50.0

-5.00

-10.00

-15.00

-20.00

-25.00

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100.0

150.0

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Shear Force

200.0

1.68E+05
-2.00E+02
-1.19E-03

0.00
-40.0

-20.0

0.0
-5.00

-10.00
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20.0

40.0

60.0

80.0

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-480000.0
571.429

-10.00

-15.00

-20.00

-25.00

Shear Force
0.00

200.0

-40.0

-20.0

0.0
-5.00

-10.00

-15.00

-20.00

-25.00

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20.0

40.0

60.0

80.0

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Deflection
-5.0E-03
80.0

100.0

0.0E+00
0.00

120.0
-5.00

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5.0E-03

1.0E-02

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-10.00

-15.00

-20.00

-25.00

Deflection
-2.0E-02
100.0

2.0E-02

120.0
-5.00

-10.00
y

80.0

0.0E+00
0.00

-15.00

-20.00

-25.00

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4.0E-02

6.0E-02

8.0E-02

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1.0E-02

1.5E-02

2.0E-02

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8.0E-02

1.0E-01

1.2E-01

1.4E-01

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Beam on Elastic Foundation Analysis

BoEFA Function
Beam on elastic foundations bending moments, forces and deflections
=BoEFA(BeamA, LoadA, FixedNodes )

Input:
BeamA
Loads
FixedNodes
NIP

3 column range listing X coordinate, EI, and soil stiffness (kN/m/m length) at each node
3 column range listing applied loads: Node number, Shear Force and Bending Moment
Optional; 3-5 column range listing nodes with fixed or prescribed translation and/or rotation
Optional; number of integration points per segment, default = min = 2, max = 6

Sign Convention

Assuming a horizontal beam, with nodes listed from left to right:

Deflections and loads are positive upwards
Positive bending moments cause compression in the top of the beam

Output:
Output is a 4 column array, enter as an array function:
To enter an array function:
Enter the function in the top left cell of the output range
Select the entire output range
Press F2
Press Ctrl-shift-enter
Column 1
Node Position from left
Column 2
Deflection
Column 3
Bending Moment
Column 4
Shear force

Example 1: 10 m beam with linear support variation

Node

Restrained Nodes Restrained freedom

Loads
Transverse, kN Moment, kNm
Number
Translation
Rotation
3
-100
200
11
1
8
-200
0
1
1

X
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Beam EI
1666666.7
1666666.7
1666666.7
1666666.7
1666666.7
1666666.7
1666666.7
1666666.7
1666666.7
1666666.7
1666666.7

Soil Stiffness,
kN/m/m
1000.00
1200.00
1400.00
1600.00
1800.00
2000.00
2200.00
2400.00
2600.00
2800.00
3000.00

X
0.00
1.00
2.00
3.00
4.00
5.00
6.00
7.00
8.00
9.00
10.00

Deflection
-1.50E-02
-1.46E-02
-1.42E-02
-1.40E-02
-1.39E-02
-1.40E-02
-1.41E-02
-1.43E-02
-1.45E-02
-1.48E-02
-1.50E-02

Value

Moment
-231.866
-159.498
-269.657
-259.906
-227.758
-170.547
-85.376
30.897
-18.410
-29.883
0.000

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X
0.00
1.00
2.00
3.00
4.00
5.00
6.00
7.00
8.00
9.00
10.00

Deflection
-1.50E-02
-1.46E-02
-1.42E-02
-1.40E-02
-1.39E-02
-1.40E-02
-1.41E-02
-1.43E-02
-1.45E-02
-1.48E-02
-1.50E-02

Moment
-231.865
-159.497
-269.656
-259.905
-227.757
-170.547
-85.375
30.898
-18.410
-29.883
0.000

h) at each node
ending Moment
tion and/or rotation

Value
Translation Rotation
-0.015
-0.015
0.0005

-1.38E-02
0

10

12

-1.42E-02
Deflection, m

Shear
Force
64.454
80.695
-0.609
20.524
44.217
70.687
100.181
-67.080
-30.967
8.607
51.769

-1.40E-02

-1.44E-02
BoEFA
-1.46E-02

Strand7

-1.48E-02
-1.50E-02
-1.52E-02

X, m

X, m

50.000

Bending Moment, kNm

0.000
0

10

12

-50.000
-100.000
BoEFA
-150.000

Strand7

-200.000
-250.000
-300.000

X, m

120.000
100.000
80.000
Shear Force, kN

Shear
Force
64.204
80.453
-0.846
20.291
43.985
70.454
99.946
-67.319
-31.210
8.361
51.519

60.000
40.000
BoEFA

20.000

Strand7

0.000
-20.000 0

-40.000
-60.000
-80.000

X, m

10

12

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