Table 12.

Depth variation functions for Cowden till, Bothkennar clay and Dunkirk sand (GDSM) (calibrated for 2 ≤ L/D ≤ 6)

Soil reaction componentParameterCowden till (Byrne et al., 2020a)Bothkennar clay (AWG, 2018)Dunkirk sand (GDSM)
(Burd et al., 2020a)
Distributed lateral load, pUltimate displacement, v¯pu241·4173·8146·1 − 92·11DR
Initial stiffness, kp10⋅60−1⋅650zD12⋅05−1⋅547zD8⋅731−0⋅6982DR−0⋅9178zD
Curvature, np0⋅9390−0⋅03345zD0⋅7204−0⋅002679zD0·917 + 0·06193DR
Ultimate reaction, p¯u10·70 − 7·101e(−0·3085(z/D))7·743 − 3·945e((−0·8456)(z/D))0⋅3667+25⋅89DR+0⋅3375−8⋅900DRzL
Distributed moment, mUltimate rotation, ψ¯mum¯u/kmm¯u/kmm¯u/km
Initial stiffness, km1⋅420−0⋅09643zD1⋅698−0⋅1576zD17·00
Curvature, nm0·00·00·0
Ultimate moment, m¯u0⋅2899−0⋅04775zD0⋅4862−0⋅05674zD0⋅2605−0⋅1989−0⋅2019DRzL
Base horizontal force, HBUltimate displacement, v¯Hu235·7291·50⋅5150+2⋅883DR+0⋅1695−0⋅7018DRLD
Initial stiffness, kH2⋅717−0⋅3575LD3⋅008−0⋅2701LD6⋅505−2⋅985DR−0⋅007969+0⋅4299DRLD
Curvature, nH0⋅8793−0⋅03150LD0⋅3113+0⋅04263LD0⋅09978+0⋅7974DR+(0⋅004994−0⋅07005DR)LD
Ultimate reaction, H¯Bu0⋅4038+0⋅04812LD0⋅5279+0⋅06864LD0⋅09952+0⋅7996DR+0⋅03988−0⋅1606DRLD
Base moment, MBUltimate rotation, ψ¯Mu173·1187·044·89
Initial stiffness, kM0⋅2146−0⋅002132LD0⋅3409−0⋅01995LD0·3515
Curvature, nM1⋅079−0⋅1087LD0⋅6990−0⋅1155LD0·300 + 0·4986DR
Ultimate moment, M¯Bu0⋅8192−0⋅08588LD0⋅8756−0⋅09195LD0⋅09981+0⋅3710DR+0⋅01998−0⋅09041DRLD

For the GDSM, relative density is expressed as a decimal in the calibration range 0·45 ≤ DR ≤ 0·9.

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