ALPAXL Ver 1.

Axially loaded pile analysis tool

Circular pile

Developed by Hoyoung Seo

Advisor: Prof. Monica Prezzi
Pile geometry Soil properties
Depth to the Young's modulus
Pile diameter Br (m) 0.2 Layer i layer Hi (m) of the soil Esi (MPa)
Pile length Lp (m) 19 1 12 50

Young's modulus of
27 2 19 117
the pile Ep (GPa)

3 21 117

4 40 138

Soil layers 5

Number of soil layers

2 6
within the pile
Number of soil layers
2 7
below the pile base
8

Load 9

Load at the
542 10
pile head Qt (kN)
 Output
Poisson's ratio Head settlement
3.61
of the soil n si wt (mm)
Base settlement
0.3 0.13
wb (mm)
Base load
0.3 17
Qb (kN)

0.3 gr 0.0227335

0.3
Original shear modulus

Modified shear modulus

Run 5 iterations
Qt (kN) = 542

Qb (kN) = 17
 Original configuration

Deformed configuration

plot scale factor

5

Soil displacement was magnified by 200 times

for a better view.
 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20
0 0

0.5 0.5
pile head settlement (mm)

soil displacement (mm)

1 1

1.5 1.5

2 2

2.5 2.5

3 3 At the pile head

3.5 3.5 At the pile base

4 4
Axial load (kN) Radial distance from pile axis (m)

0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 0 100 200 300 400 500 600
0 0

2 2

4 4
6 6
Depth (m)
Depth (m)

8 8
10 10
12 12
14 14
16 16
18 18
20 20
Pile displacement (mm) Axial load (kN)
 8 10 12 14 16 18 20

At the pile head

At the pile base

ance from pile axis (m)

0 300 400 500 600

ial load (kN)

Layer Hi (m) ki (Pa) ti (N) zi (m-1) ai (N/m) Bi (m) Ci (m)
1 12 2.25E+07 6.34E+07 0.152041 1.48E+08 -2.198E-05 3.634E-03
2 19 5.27E+07 1.48E+08 0.214624 2.46E+08 5.156E-07 5.824E-03
3 21 5.27E+07 1.48E+08 0.419880 1.26E+08 -6.748E-10 3.884E-01
4 40 6.22E+07 1.75E+08 0.419880 1.48E+08 0.000E+00 3.565E-01
msi (Nm) nsi (N/m) gr
648.9 32.8 0.02273
18.0 1.4 0.02273
0.6 0.2 0.02273
0.1 0.1 0.02273
If ALPAXLVer 1.0 does not work properly, please check whether the Analysis TookPak add-in is intalled.

The installation procedures of the Analysis ToolPak are as follows:

1. On the Tools menu, click Add-Ins.

2. In the Add-Ins available list, select the Analysis ToolPak box, and then click OK.

3. Restart Microsoft Excel.

k add-in is intalled.