When piles adjacent to deep excavations (i.e. tunnel operation), pile for slope stabilization, highway embankments near abutment piles in soft soil, the load generates lateral soil movement on pile. The lateral soil movement leads to develop the horizontal pressure between the pile and soil, also increase deflection as well as bending moment in the pile. In order to investigate a single pile subjected to horizontal loads due to the movement of the upper soil layer, the pile and soils are modelled by using 3D finite element analysis in this paper. The finite element analysis software used in this study is ANSYS. Furthermore, the soil's elastic behaviour follows the Mohr-Coulomb model and the pair of contact elements is used to simulate the pile-soil contact. A good correlation between laboratory and predicted results is observed in the validation analysis. The parametric study also demonstrates that soil Young's modulus and soil movement profile are key factors in predicting the behaviour of the pile.

• Ba Khanh Le(Department of Bridge and Highway Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Technology – Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City)
• Manh Tuan Nguyen(Department of Bridge and Highway Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Technology – Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City)