A Web Based Application for the Lateral Analysis of Pile (LAP) Foundations

Abstract

This paper presents and discusses a new web based application for analysing piled foundations subject to lateral loads; a common problem in civil engineering. Details of the algorithm used to form and solve the non-linear system of equations are provided, along with details of the application’s deployment on Amazon Web Services cloud infrastructure. The application is particularly convenient to use as it does not require the installation of any software. The responsive web based interface scales according the screen size of the user’s device and can therefore be run on PC, tablet or smart phone.The application has been developed with both industry and the research community in mind. A particularly convenient method for specifying user defined soil springs is available. This feature is illustrated in this paper with an example that also validates the numerical implementation.