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BROMS METHOD

BROMS' SOLUTIONS FOR LATERALLY

LOADED PILES
16.6
Broms' (1964a, 1964b) solutions for laterally loaded
piles deal with the following:
1 . Lateral deflections of piles at ground level at
working loads
2. Ultimate lateral resistance of piles under lateral
loads
Broms' provided solutions for both short and long piles
installed in cohesive and cohesionless soils
respectively.
He considered piles fixed or free to rotate at the head.

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BROMS' SOLUTIONS FOR LATERALLY

LOADED PILES

Lateral deflections at working loads have

been calculated using the concept of subgrade
reaction.
It is assumed that the deflection increases
linearly with the applied loads when the loads
applied are less than one-half to one-third of
the ultimate lateral resistance of the pile.

For cohesionless soil

= 1/T
L < 2 short pile
L > 4 long pile
16.6 Charts for calculating lateral deflection at the ground surface of
horizontally loaded piles in cohesionless soil (after Broms 1964b)

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e/L = 0

horizontally loaded pile in cohesive soil (after Broms 1964a)

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Lateral Deflections at Working Loads

Charts for calculating lateral deflection at the ground surface of

horizontally loaded pile in cohesive soil (after Broms 1964a)

short pile in cohesive soil

Ultimate lateral resistance of a
related to embedded length (after Broms (1964a))

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16.9 Ultimate lateral resistance of a short pile in cohesionless soil related to

embedded length (after Broms (1964b)}

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