hyperbolicmethod_settlement: Calculate pile displacements using the hyperbolic method

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Calculate pile displacements using the hyperbolic method

Description

Calculates the settlement of a rigid pile using Fleming's (1992) hyperbolic method for pile displacements.

Usage

hyperbolicmethod_settlement(Q, Qb, Qs, Eb, Ds, Db = NULL, Ms = 0.001)

Arguments

Q	vector of loads applied to pile
Qb	pile base capacity
Qs	pile shaft capacity
Eb	soil Young's modulus underneath the pile tip
Ds	pile shaft diameter
Db	pile base diameter. If not defined, this is assumed to be equal to the shaft diameter
Ms	empirical factor, assumed as Ms = 0.001 by default

Examples

# Input parameters
Qs <- 1000  # [kN]
Qb <- 1500  # [kN]
Q <- seq(0, Qs + Qb, l = 101)  # [kN]
Eb <- 20*1e3  # [kPa]
Ds <- 0.5  # [m]

# Calculate settlement
s <- hyperbolicmethod_settlement(Q, Qb, Qs, Eb, Ds)  # [m]

# plot
plot(Q, s)

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