A 500-mm-diameter timber pile of Young's modulus
Groundwater is at the surface. Using the application software program APILES (www.wiley.com/college/budhu),
(a) plot the lateral load-pile head deflection assuming free head pile, an earth pressure coefficient of Ks =1, and an adhesion factor of 0.5;
(b) determine the allowable lateral load;
(c) determine the maximum bending moment at the allowable load; and
(d) determine the pile head deflection at the working load. In APILES, select option 1, stiff clay, and input the effective unit weight of the soil when prompted. APILES creates a text fi le named apiles. txt in the folder that contains APILES. You can copy the data to Excel and plot the load-deflection curve.