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lateral pile design using structural program and Lpile

Thread starter ozziz
Start date Mar 24, 2006

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Mar 24, 2006

ozziz

Structural

What is the difference in using structural programs to model lateral piles subject to lateral loads using spring stiffness in the structural programs and specific pile programs like LPILE, MPILE and PIGLET? Why the need to invest in another software like LPILE or PIGLET when one can use a structural program?