In this paper, a coupling approach is presented to study the static responses of vertically loaded pile group embedded in multilayered transversely isotropic soils. The individual pile in pile group is modeled by the finite element method, while the analytical layer‐element method is applied to represent the soil's behavior. Then, the interaction equation of piles and soils is obtained by considering the force equilibrium and displacement compatibility conditions and solved by a FORTRAN program. The results computed by the proposed approach compare favorably with those from some existing solutions and field test. Some typical parametric analysis cases are investigated to study the effect of soil anisotropy, pile stiffness ratio, and pile spacing on the behavior of vertically loaded pile group.

中文翻译：

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横观各向同性多层土中竖向荷载群的静力分析。

在本文中，提出了一种耦合方法来研究埋在多层横观各向同性土中的竖向荷载桩群的静态响应。桩组中的单个桩通过有限元方法建模，而分析层单元法则用于表示土的行为。然后，通过考虑力平衡和位移相容条件，得出桩土相互作用方程，并通过FORTRAN程序求解。所提出的方法所计算的结果与某些现有解决方案和现场测试的结果相比具有优势。研究了一些典型的参数分析案例，以研究土的各向异性，桩刚度比和桩间距对垂直荷载桩群行为的影响。