scholarly journals Performance analysis of a jacked-in single pile and pile group in saturated clay ground

2022 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 101094
Author(s):  
Lua Thi Hoang ◽  
Khang Xuan Dao ◽  
Xi Xiong ◽  
Tatsunori Matsumoto
2021 ◽  
Vol 147 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yixian Wang ◽  
Jian Liu ◽  
Panpan Guo ◽  
Wei Zhang ◽  
Hang Lin ◽  
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Author(s):  
Thejesh Kumar Garala ◽  
Gopal Madabhushi

A series of dynamic centrifuge experiments was conducted on model pile foundations embedded in a two-layered soil profile consisted of soft-clay layer underlain by dense sand. These experiments were specifically designed to investigate the individual effect of kinematic and inertial loads on a single pile and a 3×1 row pile group during model earthquakes. It was observed that the ratio of free-field soil natural frequency to the natural frequency of structure might not govern the phase relationship between the kinematic and inertial loads for pile foundations as reported in some previous research. The phase relationship obtained in this study agrees well with the conventional phase variation between the force and displacement of a viscously damped simple oscillator subjected to a harmonic force. Further, as expected, the pile accelerations and bending moments can be smaller when the kinematic and inertial loads act against each other compared to the case when they act together on the pile foundations. This study also revealed that the peak kinematic pile bending moment will be at the interface of soil layers for both single pile and pile group. However, in the presence of both kinematic and inertial loads, the peak pile bending moment can occur either at the shallower depths or at the interface of soil layers depending on the pile cap rotational constraint.


1996 ◽  
Vol 31 (5) ◽  
pp. 371-375
Author(s):  
K Chandrashekhara ◽  
S Joseph Antony ◽  
J Mallikarjuna Reddy

An interaction analysis of an axially loaded single pile and pile group with and without a pile cap in a layered soil medium has been investigated using the two-dimensional photoelastic method. A study of the pile or pile group behaviour has been made, varying the pile cap thickness as well as the embedded length of the pile in the hard stratum. The shear stress distribution along the pile-soil interface, non-dimensionalized settlement values of the single pile and the interaction factor for the pile group have been presented. Wherever possible, the results of the present analysis have been compared with available numerical solutions.


2002 ◽  
Vol 39 (6) ◽  
pp. 1358-1383 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasser E Mostafa ◽  
M Hesham El Naggar

Pile foundations supporting bridge piers, offshore platforms, and marine structures are required to resist not only static loading but also lateral dynamic loading. The static p–y curves are widely used to relate pile deflections to nonlinear soil reactions. The p-multiplier concept is used to account for the group effect by relating the load transfer curves of a pile in a group to the load transfer curves of a single pile. Some studies have examined the validity of the p-multiplier concept for the static and cyclic loading cases. However, the concept of the p-multiplier has not yet been considered for the dynamic loading case, and hence it is undertaken in the current study. An analysis of the dynamic lateral response of pile groups is described. The proposed analysis incorporates the static p–y curve approach and the plane strain assumptions to represent the soil reactions within the framework of a Winkler model. The model accounts for the nonlinear behaviour of the soil, the energy dissipation through the soil, and the pile group effect. The model was validated by analyzing the response of pile groups subjected to lateral Statnamic loading and comparing the results with field measured values. An intensive parametric study was performed employing the proposed analysis, and the results were used to establish dynamic soil reactions for single piles and pile groups for different types of sand and clay under harmonic loading with varying frequencies applied at the pile head. "Dynamic" p-multipliers were established to relate the dynamic load transfer curves of a pile in a group to the dynamic load transfer curves for a single pile. The dynamic p-multipliers were found to vary with the spacing between piles, soil type, peak amplitude of loading, and the angle between the line connecting any two piles and the direction of loading. The study indicated the effect of pile material and geometry, pile installation method, and pile head conditions on the p-multipliers. The calculated p-multipliers compared well with p-multipliers back-calculated from full scale field tests.Key words: lateral, transient loading, nonlinear, pile–soil–pile interaction, p–y curves, Statnamic.


2000 ◽  
Vol 37 (5) ◽  
pp. 951-962 ◽  
Author(s):  
António GF de Sousa Coutinho

This paper presents the prediction of horizontal load-displacement curves of pile groups based on the results of single pile tests. Although the same basic model is employed, two different approaches are taken: one assumes soil to be linear elastic-plastic, and the other assumes it to be elastic nonlinear. The model is calibrated on the basis of the results of a full-scale single pile test. Special emphasis is placed on model calibrations, since the success of any prediction method depends on a careful characterization of the soil. Some new approaches for determining the soil parameters are presented. Two methods for predicting load-displacement curves, one from each model approach, are then proposed and discussed. Special emphasis is placed on group efficiency in the elastic-plastic method and on the boundary conditions of the single pile and the pile group in the elastic nonlinear method. Using the soil characteristics from the model calibrations, the load-displacement curves for a given pile group are then predicted. These predictions are compared with the results of a full-scale pile group test carried out at the same site as that of the single pile test. Agreement between the predictions and the test results tends to validate the methods proposed.Key words: displacement predictions, pile groups, model calibration, pile tests.


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