Elastic

An elastic soil material has infinite strength and can easily be defined using the elastic soil reaction. The Elastic Subgrade Reaction describes the lateral soil pressure in response to a unit of soil displacement. The elastic soil reaction is multiplied by the diameter of the pile to get the soil reaction modulus used in the analysis.

The following material property needs to be defined:

• Elastic Subgrade Reaction - The horizontal modulus of soil reaction (kN/m³) which is multiplied by the diameter of the pile to get the soil reaction modulus used in the analysis.

For more information, see the Lateral Analysis Theory Manual.