| Affiliation: | 1.LUNAM Université, Ecole Centrale de Nantes, Université de Nantes, CNRS UMR 6183, GeM (Institut de Recherche en Génie Civil et Mécanique),Nantes,France;2.IFSTTAR, GERS, SV,LUNAM Université,Bouguenais,France;3.Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,Università degli Studi di Perugia,Perugia,Italy |
| Abstract: | This paper presents a novel macroelement for single vertical piles in sand developed within the hypo-plasticity theory, where the incremental nonlinear constitutive equations are defined in terms of generalized forces, displacements and rotations. Inspired from the macroelement for shallow foundations of Salciarini and Tamagnini (Acta Geotech, 4(3):163–176, 2009), the new element adopts the “intergranular displacement” mutuated from Niemunis and Herle (Mech Cohes Frict Mater, 2:279–299, 1997) to reproduce the behavior under cyclic loading. Analytical and numerical strategies are provided to calibrate the macroelement’s parameters. Comparisons with experimental results show the performance of the macroelement that while being simple and computational fast is suitable for finite element calculations and engineering design. |
