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[logo]: https://nheri-simcenter.github.io/PileGroupTool/docs/NHERI-PGT-Icon.png"Pile Group Tool Logo"
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# Pile Group Tool
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The SimCenter Pile-Group Tool provides a dynamic interface to study the behavior of a pile or pile-group in layered soil. It allows the user to interactively (and nearly instantly) observe the system's response to changes of the following parameters:
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* position of the ground water table
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* pile stiffness, embedment length, connection type to the pile cap
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* number of piles in the group (one to three piles)
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* the applied horizontal force at the pile cap (push-over analysis)
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* the applied horizontal and vertical forces and moment at the pile cap (push-over analysis)
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## Presented results include:
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* lateral displacement of all piles
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* momentand shear diagrams for each
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*axial and lateral displacement of all piles
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* moment, shear and force diagrams for each pile
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* vertical soil stresses
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* ultimate strength and stiffness parameters for the employed p-y springs
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## Technical background:
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The soil-structure system is modeled using a finite-element platform. Piles are represented by displacement based beam-column elements. Soil-structure interaction is represented laterally by p-y springs and tangentially by t-z springs. Spring properties are computed using Hansen's method [1] and recommendations by the American Petroleum Institute (API) [2]. The Pile-Group Tool constructs a structurally and numerically appropriate finite-element mesh, computes spring properties from soil properties, and places spring elements accordingly. The actual simulation employs a Newton-Raphson iterative procedure to solve the governing nonlinear system of equations.
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## Downloads
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*__download a binary version__ of the latest release on https://simcenter.designsafe-ci.org/learning-tools/pile-group-application/
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*__download the source__ of latest release at https://github.com/NHERI-SimCenter/PileGroupTool/releases
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## Software class documentation
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* An (as-yet-incomplete) documentation of the code can be found at: https://nheri-simcenter.github.io/PileGroupTool/docs/index.html
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* view the source on https://github.com/NHERI-SimCenter/PileGroupTool
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# References:
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1. Brinch Hansen, J. (1961). “The ultimate resistance of rigid piles against transversal forces.”Bulletin No. 12, Geoteknisk Institute, Copenhagen, 59.
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