Figure 1
Mirror image technique for a granular pile resting on bearing stratum.
Figure 2
Pile discretisation scheme.
Figure 3
(a) End-bearing pile; (b) variation of modulus of deformation with depth.
Figure 4
Variation of the settlement influence factor Isp, with the relative stiffness, Kgp0, for an end-bearing granular pile: effect of the non-linear non-homogeneity parameter, δ (Eb/Es=10).
Figure 5
Variation of the settlement influence factor Isp, with the relative stiffness, Kgp0, for end-bearing granular pile: effect of the non-linear non-homogeneity parameter, δ (α=(α=0, L/d =10, Eb/Es =100).
Figure 6
Variation of the settlement influence factor Isp, with the relative stiffness, Kgp0, for end-bearing granular pile: effect of the non-linear non-homogeneity parameter, δ(α=2, L/d =10, Eb/Es =10).
Figure 7
Variation of the settlement influence factor Isp with the relative stiffness, Kgp0, for end-bearing granular pile: effect of the non-homogeneity parameter, δ (α=2, L/d =10, Eb/Es =100).
Figure 8
Variation of the settlement influence factor Isp, with the relative stiffness, Kgp0, for an end-bearing granular pile: effect of the non-linear non-homogeneity parameter, δ (α=0, L/d =20, Eb/Es =10 and 100).
Figure 9
Variation of the settlement influence factor Isp, with the relative stiffness, Kgp0: effect of the non-linear non-homogeneity parameter, δ (α=2, L/d = 20, Eb/Es =10 and 100).
Figure 10
Variation of the settlement influence factor Isp, with the relative stiffness, Kgp0, for end-bearing granular pile: effect of linear non-homogeneity parameter, α.
Figure 11
Variation of the settlement influence factor Isp, with the non-homogeneity parameter, α, for end-bearing granular pile: effect of the relative stiffness of the bearing stratum (Eb/Es).
Figure 12
Variation of the settlement influence factor, Isp, with the linear non-homogeneity parameter, α, for end-bearing granular pile: effect of L/d (δ=0 and 2).
Figure 13
Variation of the settlement influence factor, Isp, with the linear non-homogeneity parameter, α, for end-bearing granular pile: effect of L/d (Eb/Es =10, Kgp0=100).
Figure 14
Variation of the settlement influence factor Isp, with the non-linear non-homogeneity parameter, δ, for end-bearing granular pile: effect of relative length, L/d (Eb/Es =100).
Figure 15
Variation of the settlement influence factor Isp wish the non-linear non-homogeneity parameter, δ, for end-bearing granular pile: effect of L/d (Kgp0=50, Eb/Es =100).
Figure 16
Variation of settlement influence factor Isp, with non-linear non-homogeneity parameter,δ, for end-bearing granular pile: effect of L/d (Kgp0=100, Eb/Es=10).
Figure 17
Variation of the settlement influence factor with relative stiffness of bearing stratum (Kgp0 = 50).
Figure 18
Variation of the settlement influence factor with relative stiffness of bearing stratum (Kgp0 = 100).
Figure 19
Variation of the settlement influence factor, Isp with relative stiffness, Eb/Es, of the bearing stratum (α=2).
Figure 20
Variation of shear stress with depth with effect of linear non-homogeneity parameter, α (L/d =10)
Figure 21
Variation of shear stress with depth with effect of linear non-homogeneity parameter, α (L/d =20).
Figure 22
Variation of shear stress with depth with effect of linear non-homogeneity parameter, α (δ=2).
Figure 23
Variation of shear stress with depth with effect of linear non-homogeneity parameter, α (L/d =20).
Figure 24
Variation of normalised axial load, Pz* (= Pz/P), with normalised depth z* (= z/L): effect of non-linear non-homogeneity parameter, δ (α=0).
Figure 25
Variation of normalised axial load, Pz* (= Pz/P), with normalised depth z* (= z/L):effect of non-linear non-homogeneity parameter, α (δ=2).
Figure 26
Variation of the percentage base load,(Pb/P) × 100, with the relative stiffness parameter, Kgp0: effect of the linear non-homogeneity parameter, α (Eb/Es =10, δ=0).
Figure 27
Variation of the percentage base load,(Pb/P) × 100, with the relative stiffness parameter, Kgp0: effect of the linear nonhomogeneity parameter, α (δ=2).
Figure 28
Variation of percentage base load,(Pb/P) × 100, with relative stiffness of the bearing stratum, Eb/Es, for different values of the non-linear non-homogeneity parameter,δ(α=0).
Figure 29
Variation of percentage base load,(Pb/P) × 100, with relative stiffness of the bearing stratum, Eb/Es, for the non-linear non-homogeneity parameter,δ (α=2).