Three Dimensional Numerical Modelling of Piles Using ABAQUS Software

The need for high-rise buildings, towers, and offshore constructions has significantly expanded as a result of urbanisation, thereby increased the requirement for piling foundations. One of the most critical aspects of pile design is the evaluation of the vertical settling of a pile. Numerous studies have been performed on single-pile and pile raft foundations that are subjected to vertical loads, and the present study aims to look at how vertical loads affect various single-pile and raft foundations. A parametric study is also performed to investigate the effects of various pile types, soil characteristics, the existence of a strong or weak soil inter-layer, and vertical settlement of a single pile under vertical load. The load settlement behavior of single pile made of concrete, timber, and steel has been analyzed and stress and settlement along the pile depth are evaluated for all the piles for structural design. Steel pipe piles have several advantages over concrete piles, including durability, high load-bearing capacity, excellent quality, and a fast construction time. In this study, numerical modelling of single pile made of concrete, timber and steel has been analyzed as three-dimensional analysis in ABAQUS finite element software. A numerical model based on the Mohr–Coulomb soil model and a linear elastic pile model has been examined.