Interaction between pile foundation and soil

Problems of interaction between a single long pile (more than 20 m) or a group of long piles as component parts of a pile foundation and soil are discussed on the basis of a new geomechanical model. The settlement of a pile or group of piles is caused primarily by shear deformations of a soil mass of limited area and depth, and also as a result of deformations of the mass beneath the lower ends of the piles. __________ Translated from Osnovaniya, Fundamenty i Mekhanika Gruntov, No. 2, pp. 2–7, March–April, 2007.