TY - JOUR T1 - Static and Dynamic Response of a Pile Foundation Subjected to a Vertical Load AU - , Salah Messast AU - , A. Boumekik AU - , M. Mansouri JO - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences VL - 1 IS - 4 SP - 394 EP - 399 PY - 2006 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1816-949x DO - jeasci.2006.394.399 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2006.394.399 KW - Soil KW -pile KW -vibration KW -finite elements KW -boundary elements KW -displacement AB - In this study a discrete semi analytical method based on a combination of the Finite Elements, Thin Layers and Integral Equations Methods is presented to evaluate the vertical static and dynamic linear response of a pile foundation subjected to a vertical load. This study, which takes into account the soil-pile interaction effects, is able to treat the case of an arbitrary shaped pile. However, the presentation will be limited to the case of a massless square pile with linear elastic behaviour. The pile is embedded in a viscoelastic soil-layer overlaying a bedrock and subjected to static or/and harmonic vertical load, applied at the head of the pile. The aim of this study is to characterise the response of a pile through the force-displacement relationship. Numerical results are presented to illustrate the accuracy of this study. ER -