Time-dependent response of laterally loaded piles and pile groups embedded in transversely isotropic saturated viscoelastic soils

This paper investigates the time-dependent response of laterally loaded single piles and pile groups embedded in transversely isotropic saturated viscoelastic soils. The solution for single piles subjected to lateral loads is solved by the coupling of the boundary element method and the Timoshenko beam theory. In the analysis of the pile group, the interaction between piles is taken into account and the generalized displacements caused by all...