Study on Horizontal Bearing Capacity of Pile Group Foundation Composed of Inclined and Straight Piles

In all types of new arch bridge structures, the requirements of the foundation are becoming more and more strict. Under the action of horizontal thrust, the distribution of the internal forces of the pile group in which inclined piles participate in an arch foundation is complicated. In this regard, the horizontal forces of each pile in a pile group and the horizontal bearing performance of each pile in a pile group under the action of total thrust are investigated by establishing a pile group foundation model and a p-y curve difference equation. After an in-depth analysis of the simulation results, it is found that the load distribution calculated by the finite element method is very close to that calculated by the p-y curve method, both in terms of curve shape and numerical value, indicating that the pile top load distribution is close to the actual situation. In addition, the maximum shear force of each pile body occurs at the top of the pile, and the maximum bending moment occurs at the point 1/5 away from the top of the pile. Finally, the nonlinear analysis of the p-y curve method can be well applied to the calculation of bridge pile foundations.