scholarly journals Comparison on the Horizontal Behaviors of Lattice-Shaped Diaphragm Wall and Pile Group under Static and Seismic Loads

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Jiu-jiang Wu ◽  
Qian-gong Cheng ◽  
Hua Wen ◽  
Yan Li ◽  
Jian-lei Zhang ◽  
...  

Lattice-shaped diaphragm wall (hereafter referring to LSDW) is a new type of bridge foundation, and the relevant investigation on its horizontal behaviors is scant. This paper is devoted to the numerical study of the comparison on the static and seismic responses of LSDW and pile group under similar material quantity in soft soil. It can be found that the horizontal bearing capacity of LSDW is considerably larger than that of pile group, and the deformation pattern of LSDW basically appears to be an overall toppling while pile group clearly shows a local bending deformation pattern during the static loading process. The acceleration response and the acceleration amplification effects of LSDW are slightly greater than that of pile group due to the existing of soil core and the difference on the ability of energy dissipation. The horizontal displacement response of pile group is close to that of LSDW at first and becomes stronger than that of LSDW due to the generation of plastic soil deformation near the pile-soil interface at last. The pile body may be broken in larger potential than LSDW especially when its horizontal displacement is notable. Compared with pile group, LSDW can be a good option for being served as a lateral bearing or an earthquake-proof foundation in soft soil.

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (04) ◽  
pp. 2050018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chentong Hu ◽  
Yifan Wu ◽  
Chao An ◽  
Hua Liu

Tsunamis are generated primarily by the vertical displacement of the seafloor if the seafloor is flat. If the seafloor is slanted, the horizontal motion also contributes to the generation of tsunamis. A previous study proposed that such effects can be estimated by simply calculating the elevation of water due to the horizontal displacement of the slope. Two more studies later argued that the horizontal motion also results in horizontal momentum of the water, which amplifies the tsunami generation. In this study, we numerically simulate the tsunami generation process of flat and sloping seafloor. It is found that, for the flat seafloor, the initial water elevation equals the vertical seafloor displacement. For the sloping seafloor, the initial water elevation deviates from the vertical seafloor displacement, and the difference can be accurately evaluated by the horizontal seafloor displacement. Thus, the initial horizontal momentum of the water is negligible for tsunami generation.


Geofluids ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Minghong Sheng ◽  
Jingjing Gao ◽  
Panpan Guo ◽  
Rihong Cao ◽  
Yixian Wang

This paper investigates the temporal-spatial characteristics of ground displacements as well as vertical and horizontal displacements and axial forces in existing piles induced by twin shield tunneling in clays. To that end, a case study and three-dimensional (3D) finite element (FE) analysis were performed. Based on the in situ monitoring data from the presented twin tunneling case history with existing piles beneath, the adopted 3D FE method was validated to be competent to yield reasonable simulation results. The validated 3D FE method was then used to analyze the effects of the distance between the tunnel and the pile, the distance between tunnel faces, and the pile length on the horizontal and vertical displacements and axial stresses in piles. It was found that the horizontal displacement distribution forms along the pile shaft for the front piles are similar to that for the back piles, whereas the magnitudes of the horizontal displacements of the front piles are slightly larger than that of the back piles. The interactions between piles in the pile group provide protection of the middle piles in the pile group against twin tunneling effects. With a reduction in the distance between the tunnel and the pile, the pile displacements and stresses increase nonlinearly. With an increase in the distance between tunnel faces, the maximum positive pile displacements and the maximum and minimum axial pile stresses increase, while the maximum negative pile displacements and the difference between the maximum and minimum axial pile stresses decrease.


Author(s):  
Alireza Darvishpour ◽  
Amirmohammad Amiri ◽  
Asadollah Ranjbar

Utilizing the piled foundation is extremely important and applicable in the civil and geotechnical engineering due to the improvementin the bearing capacity. Employing urban deep excavations, on the other hand, is inevitable and examining the effect of the pile groupis significantly vital due to the nearness of adjacent structures. In this research, the effect of the pile group foundation on the diaphragm wall embraced with struts in urban deep excavations is examined using two-dimensional numerical modeling. The resultsobtained from modeling show that the horizontal distance between the foundation and the excavation edge and also the pile lengthcan significantly affect the horizontal displacement of the wall and the moment diagram imposed on the wall, so that the effect ofthe foundation on the wall is considerably reduced for the distance greater than a certain value.


2001 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 98-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce F Sparling ◽  
Alan G Davenport

Large amplitude cable vibrations are difficult to predict using linear theory due to the presence of sag in the suspended profile. A numerical study was therefore undertaken to investigate the dynamic behaviour of inclined cables excited by imposed displacements. To model the nonlinear nature of cable response, a time domain finite element approach was adopted using nonlinear catenary cable elements. Two types of horizontal displacement patterns were enforced at the upper end of the guy. In the first phase of the study, harmonic displacement histories with a wide range of forcing frequencies were considered. In the second phase, random enforced displacements were used to simulate the motion of a guyed mast in gusty winds. The influence of aerodynamic drag and damping forces was investigated by performing analyses under still air, steady wind, and turbulent wind conditions. It was found that nonlinear coupling of related harmonic response components was significant at certain critical frequencies, particular when the excitation was harmonic and acted in the plane of the guy. Positive aerodynamic damping was shown to effectively suppress resonant and nonlinear coupling response.Key words: cables, structural dynamics, wind loading, finite element method, nonlinear analysis, guyed towers.


2009 ◽  
Vol 416 ◽  
pp. 514-518 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qing Long An ◽  
Yu Can Fu ◽  
Jiu Hua Xu

Grinding, characterized by its high specific energy consumption, may generate high grinding zone temperature. These can cause thermal damage to the ground surface and poor surface integrity, especially in the grinding of difficult-to-machine materials. In this paper, experimental and fem study on grinding temperature during surface grinding of Ti-6Al-4V with different cooling methods. A comparison between the experimental and numerical results is made. It is indicated that the difference between experimental and numerical results is below 15% and the numerical results can be considered reliable. Grinding temperature can be more effectively reduced with CPMJ than that with cold air jet and flood cooling method.


2018 ◽  
Vol 195 ◽  
pp. 03014
Author(s):  
Siswoko Adi Saputro ◽  
Agus Setyo Muntohar ◽  
Hung Jiun Liao

Excessive settlement due to consolidation can cause damage to the structure’s rest on soft soil. The settlement takes place in relatively longer. The preloading and prefabricated vertical drain (PVD) is often applied to accelerate the primary settlement. The issue in this research is the estimation of the settlement. The Asaoka method and the finite element method using PLAXIS-2D are used to estimate the final settlement of a PVD treated embankment. For the former, a complete record of the settlement was required; for the latter, some ground parameters are needed for the PLAXIS-2D analysis, such as the permeability of the soil. Because the installation process of PVD tends to influence the permeability of the in-situ soil around the PVD, the soil permeability after the installation of PVD needs to be adjusted. The numerical results were compared with actual settlement data to find out the best-fit input parameters (i.e. soil permeability) of the actual data. It was found that the best-fit soil permeability (k) used in the numerical study was about one-half of the k value determined from the laboratory test. The Root Mean Square Deviation shows that the settlement predicted by the numerical analysis has approximately 30% of the actual settlement.


Author(s):  
Mukesh Prakash Mishra ◽  
A K Sahani ◽  
Sunil Chandel ◽  
R K Mishra

Abstract In the present work numerical study of full coverage film cooling on an adiabatic flat plate is carried out. Cooling performance of three configurations of cylindrical holes is studied with downstream injection, upstream injection and mixed injection. In mixed injection configuration one column of holes inject in downstream direction and the holes in the adjacent column inject in the upstream direction. Numerical simulations are carried out at different velocity ratios and circumferentially averaged value of adiabatic film cooling effectiveness is estimated. Simulation results indicate that the mixed injection configuration has better and more uniform cooling, throughout the perforated plate, than with downstream injection. The difference is greater with increase in the velocity ratio. Configuration with upstream injection gives better cooling than mixed injection at front few rows of cooling holes but it shows poorer performance with downstream injection in the downstream rows of cooling holes. The obtained results from this study can be an invaluable input for highly loaded combustion chambers.


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