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Free Head .
. Top of the pile can freely rotate. Pin or hinge
. connections are assumed between pile caps and piles.
Fixed Head . There are no rotation in the pile cap. Piles and pile cap
. are fixed. Moment will be generated at the pile head.
No Cap
. There is no pile cap to connect each pile.

Step 2 Load Conditions for Group Piles

Four load conditions apply to a set of group piles:
Vertical load (Q) – Downward and uplift working load at pile cap, equally
distributed to all piles in the group. Input a negative value for uplift load.
Shear load (P) – Lateral working load at pile cap. Positive value of P is from
left to right, and negative value is from right to left. Load will be distributed
to all piles in the group based on their lateral stiffness.
Moment (M) – Moment generated at the pile cap. Positive value of P is
clockwise and a negative value is counterclockwise. There are no moments
at the tip of each pile individually due to the fixation of head by the pile cap.

Step3 Cyclic Conditions

Select Static or Cyclic shear load. No. of Cycles (between 2 and 500). This
information is for lateral analyses only.
Step 4 Pile Number
The total number of piles under a tower.
Step 5 Pile Spacing
The spacing between piles are assumed to be equal. Spacing has to be input
in inches or cm. It is assumed x and y direction have the same spacing.

4.6 Soil Property Page

The Soil Property page (Figure 4-10) allows you to input water and soil
information in four easy steps.

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