Study on Effect of Ground Improvement on Lateral Load Carrying Capacity of Pile using Developed Simplified Soil–Pile Stiffness Matrix

In this present study, a Beam on Nonlinear Winkler Foundation approach has been utilized to study the effect of ground improvement on deformation characteristics of laterally loaded pile. Fourth-order governing differential equation of pile deformation has been solved, and a simplified pile–soil stiffness matrix has been developed. The optimum depth (from ground surface) up to which engineering properties of soil require to be improved has been...