The main objective of the portal frame model is to obtain the moment and shear force for the piles, abutment and at the joint of the deck, so that I can design these element.
My problem is: I am making a portal frame (an integral bridge model including deck, abutment and piles) with spring support at each layer of soil around the pile.
For the spring support, I need to input a spring constant for representing the type of soil I have, and it is measured in the unit...
I am making a model to analyse the pile, I need to have value of the "Lateral Modulus of Subgrade Reaction of Rock" in order to model the spring support, can anybody give me information about this. I have a book called ' Foundation Analysis and Design by J.E Bowles', it only gives me...
