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Department of Civil Engineering, University o f Kuwait

ABSTRACT

A closed form solution for the determination of stress distribution around a circular pile subjected to a combined torsional and lateral loading is described in this paper. The pile is assumed to be rigid and the surrounding soil is considered to be in the elastic range. The solution is presented in the form of a dimensionless influence chart to provide generality and simplicity. The stress distribution derived in this study was compared with those obtained from an infinite strip loaded with uniform horizontal shears.