Laterally loaded piles in permafrost

• Published in: Canadian Geotechnical Journal
• Main Author: Nixon, J. F. (Derick)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1984
• Subjects: Civil and Structural Engineering; Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology; Inuvik; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/t84-047; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/t84-047

A theory for the design of laterally loaded piles in permafrost is presented. The approach is valid for icy soils or ice, where secondary creep displacements will be responsible for the majority of the soil strain under sustained load. Initially, the paper studies in some detail the response of a sh...