Field Study on the Behavior of Destructive and Non-Destructive Piles Under Compression

This paper presents a series of full-scale load tests on long bored piles instrumented with strain gauges along the shafts, including eight field tests of piles loaded to failure and one non-destructive pile load test. The load-displacement response, skin friction, end resistance, and the threshold of the pile-soil relative displacement for fully mobilizing skin resistance were discussed. A simple softening model was proposed to describe the degradation behavior of the skin friction along the pile-soil interface and the load-displacement relationship developed at the pile base. It is found that the shaft resistance degradation investigated in the non-destructive load test only occurs at a shallow depth, and the skin friction of deeper soil is not fully developed. However, unlike the results of the non-destructive load tests, the softening is accompanied by a reduction in skin friction and observed to be along the whole pile depth. The thresholds of pile-soil relative displacement for fully mobilizing skin resistances in different soils have been found to be in the range 0.6% to 2.4% of the pile diameter. Moreover, in practical applications, a bilinear model is assumed to be feasible in analyzing the load-settlement relationship developed at the end of non-destructive pile, whereas the load transmission curve of the soils below the pile base corresponds to a softening model in the field tests of piles loaded to failure.     

Field and Theoretical Study of the Response of Super-Long Bored Pile Subjected to Compressive Load

In this article, two full-scale pile loading tests were conducted to observe the field performance of the super-long bored piles, and a simplified approach for nonlinear analysis of the load-displacement behavior of a single pile was presented. The field tests on piles indicates that, under the maximum test load, more than 70% of the pile top settlement is caused by the compression of pile shaft. For practical purposes, the pile top settlement can be reduced through improving the pile shaft strength. When the load reaches the maximum test load, the proportion of the load carried by the pile tip is approximately 30%. The super-long pile is functioning as an end-bearing friction pile. The skin friction at shallow depth is fully mobilized and decreases from a peak value with increasing load. However, the skin friction of deeper soil is not fully developed due to less relative displacement. Furthermore, a BoxLucas1 model is used to capture the relationship between unit skin friction and pile-soil relative displacement, whereas a hyperbolic model is used to describe the relationship between toe stress and pile base displacement. Based on the BoxLucas1 model and the hyperbolic model, a load transfer method is used to clarify the response of a single pile, and a computational flow chart is developed. The efficiency and accuracy of the present method is verified using the field tests on piles. The proposed simple analytical approach is economical and efficient, resulting in savings in time and cost.     

Dynamic Response Analysis of Risers Subjected to Combined Wave and Current Loading

A dynamic response analysis in the frequency domain is presented for risers subjected to combined wave and current loading. Considering the effects of current, a modified wave spectrum is adopted to compute the linearized drag force. An additional drag force convolution term is added to the linearized drag force spectrum, therefore the error is reduced which arises from the truncation of higher order terms in the drag force auto-correlation function. An expression of linearized drag force spectrum is given taking the relative velocity into account. It is found that the additional term is a fold convolution integral. In this paper dynamic responses of risers are investigated, while the influence of floater motion on risers is considered. The results demonstrate that the accuracy of the present method reaches the degree required in time domain analysis.     

Stochastic Response Analysis of Piled Offshore Platforms to Earthquake Load

- In this paper, using the theory of stochastic analysis of the response to earthquake load, a stochastic analysis method of the response of piled platforms to earthquake load has been established. In the method, the strong ground motion is considered as three dimensional stationary white noise process and the pile-soil interaction and water-structure interaction are considered. The stochastic response of a typical platform to eqrthquake load has been computed with this method and the results compared with those obtained with the response spectrum analysis method. The comparison shows that the stochastic analysis method of the response of piled platforms to earthquake load is suitable for this kind of analysis.     

Response of Single Piles in Marine Deposits to Negative Skin Friction from Long-term Field Monitoring

The behavior of single piles subjected to negative skin friction in soft soil was conducted by analyzing the results from full-scale long-term field measurements and three-dimensional (3D) numerical analyses. A skin friction coefficient (α and β coefficients) of the instrumented piles is back-calculated at different degrees of consolidation (U) of soft marine clay. Back-calculated β-values ranged from 0.15 to 0.35 for clay, and from 0.30 to 0.55 for sand, respectively. In addition, back-calculated α-values ranged from 0.1 to 0.3 for coated pile, and from 0.2 to 0.8 for uncoated pile when undrained shear strength of the soft clay was about 30–60 kPa, respectively. Moreover, this study describes behavior of a pile based on full-coupled 3D finite element (FE) analysis. The appropriate parametric studies needed for verifying the pile-soil interaction with consolidation are presented in this paper. Compared to the results from the measurements, it is shown that the computed results are capable of predicting the pile-soil behavior under consolidation. The major parameters that influence the pile behavior are discussed for different soil-pile conditions.     

An Analytical Solution for Dynamic Response of the Plate with Different Impedances Subjected to Underwater Explosion

In this paper, the transmitted part of the incident wave is considered to revise Taylor’s solution, which is used to extend its application for analytical models to predict the response of the plate with different material properties. The influence of the material properties and the boundary condition of the plate on fluid and structural dynamics is systematically investigated. The analytical results are compared with those of detailed dynamic FE simulations and the two are in good agreement. The results indicate that the analytical method is valid and suitable for the plates with different material properties subjected to underwater explosion. It is found that Taylor’s results of the plate with small impedance are invalid, which indicates a potential application field for the analytical method.     

新型张力腿式储油处理平台的动力响应分析

针对目前小油田早期生产中存在的不足,提出一种适用于浅水海域的新型张力腿式储油处理平台,该平台主要由储油箱、浮箱、吸力桩、系泊链和甲板结构构成,具备原油处理和储存功能。应用非线性时域耦合分析法,研究了有义波高、平均波周期、水深对该平台的运动响应和系泊链张力的影响。计算结果表明,波高对平台动力响应有较大影响,有义波高每增加0.4 m,平台水平位移相应增加0.408 m,而系泊链力随有义波高的增加呈准线性增大;波周期对平台水平运动影响显著,平均波周期从6.5 s逐级变化至8.5 s时,最大水平位移自3.760 m渐增至5.467 m,而波周期对系泊链力影响较小,变化率一般小于10%;该新型平台对水深大于20 m的浅水海域有良好的动力特性,而对水深小于20 m的海域却表现异常。因此,该新型张力腿式平台能满足水深不小于20 m浅海区的油田早期生产需要。     

Study on Model Tests and Hydrodynamic Force Models for Free Spanning Submarine Pipelines Subjected to Earthquakes

A test rig is built to model the dynamic response of submarine pipelines with an underwater shaking table in the State Key Laboratory of Coastal and Offshore Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, China. Model tests are carried out to consider the effects of exciting wave directions and types. Based on the experimental results, two hydrodynamic force models derived from Morison equation and Wake model are presented respectively. By use of hydrodynamic force models suitable for free spanning submarine pipelines under earthquakes, discretized equations of motion are obtained and finite element models are established to analyze dynamic response of free spanning submarine pipeline subjected to multi-support seismic excitations. The comparison of numerical results with experimental results shows that the improved Morison and Wake hydrodynamic force models could satisfactorily predict dynamic response on the free spanning submarine pipelines subjected to earthquakes.     

冰载荷作用下重力式平台的静动力分析

重力式平台由于其自身特点,在中国海域有很好的应用前景.海冰作为1种不可避免的环境灾害,对重力式平台的破坏作用是不可忽视的.在重力式平台的设计和应用中必须充分考虑海冰的影响.海冰的破坏主要有静力的挤压破坏和瞬间的冲击破坏.本文考虑浅海重力式平台的建造特点,应用大型有限元分析软件Ansys对浅海重力式平台进行建模,模型建立后分别进行海冰的静动力分析.所得结果进行比较,得到在相同海冰情况下,其对重力式平台的静力挤压破坏要大于瞬时冲击破坏,在设计中应充分考虑海冰对结构物的挤压破坏.所得到的结论对重力式平台建造和应用有一定的指导意义.     

热带太平洋海面对EL97／98事件的响应及ENSO预测

本文分析了1996－1998年逐月太平洋海面距平资料及热带太平洋海面赤道槽、脊及上层海水体积变化资料，清楚地看到20世纪最强的一次EL97／98事件，不仅基本特征明显，而且太平洋海面变化与其有密切的响应关系，受此启发，作者依据1975－2000年间赤道槽、脊、逆流槽及热带太平洋上层海水体积变化的历史资料，经年周期滑动平均数据处理和采用基于均生函数的正交化筛选建模方法，建立了各单预测因子周期外延的ENSO预测模式。结果表明，本预测模式除把单预测因子序列的历史变化趋势反映和预测出来，还揭示了历史上的El Nino事件发生了经滑动平均后的赤道脊或热带太平洋上层海水体积的峰值附近，结束于谷底附近，La Nina则出现在滑动平均后的赤道脊谷底上升至均值期间的一般规律性。根据各单预测因子周期外延曲线的峰、谷变化，预测下一次El Nino事件将于2001年下半年至2002年上半年期间形成。     

Analysis and Design Implications on Stability of Cofferdam Subjected to Water Wave Action

Based on Power-Law nonlinear failure criterion and the upper bound theorem of limit analysis, a numerical solution was developed to analyze the shape of collapsing block and landslide thrust of cofferdam subjected to residual pore pressure which was caused by longstanding water wave action. In the upper bound analysis, the effect of water pressure assumed to be a work rate of external force was considered. To evaluate the validity of the present method, the results were compared with previous findings. The good agreement between the present results and the previous findings indicated that the proposed method was valid to assess the shape of collapsing block and landslide thrust of cofferdam subjected to residual pore pressure. As for the influence of the factors on the shape of collapsing block and landslide thrust, a parametric study was conducted. This parametric study was carried out to optimize the design of cofferdam supporting structures and improve analysis of the stability of cofferdam subjected to water wave action.     

印度洋-太平洋暖池年代际变化及其大气响应

定义了印度洋-太平洋暖池的强度变化指数和面积变化指数,分析了其年代际变化的特征。结果表明：20世纪40年代以前,暖池强度和面积基本没有明显的变化趋势;40-80年代,有一个相对较小的增加趋势;80年代以后至2000年增加的趋势加大。将水平风速分解为无辐散分量和无旋分量,分析了暖池上空大气环流对该暖池年代际变化的响应,发现尽管暖池上空大气环流对该暖池年代际变化的响应并不十分明显,但在特定的季节和特定的对流层高度上这种响应也是明显的。     

Validation of Practice Oriented Models and Influence of Soil Stiffness on Lateral Pile Response Due to Kinematic Loading

Earthquakes usually cause both inertial and kinematic loading of pile foundations. Inertial loading and lateral pile response can be predicted to a certain extent by lateral pile load tests for important engineering projects. However, there is no accepted in situ assessment method for pile behavior due to kinematic loading. Therefore, it is important for geotechnical engineering practice to validate the practice oriented models and examine the influence of soil strength parameters on the performance of kinematically loaded piles due to lateral spreading. For this purpose, a well-documented case of full-scale lateral spreading test conducted at Port of Tokachi in Japan by Ashford et al. (2006 Ashford , S. A. , T. Juirnarongrit , T. Sugano , and M. Hamada . 2006 . Soil-pile response to blast-induced lateral spreading. I: Field test . Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering 132 ( 2 ): 152 – 162 . [Google Scholar]) is selected as a primary reference in terms of test data and site conditions. Four p-y analyses are performed using a special purpose software based on finite difference technique. The first two investigate the employment of different p-y curves suggested in the literature. The third one investigates the influence of variations in internal friction angle and undrained shear strength. In the fourth analysis, liquefied shear strength and residual shear strength approaches are utilized for the liquefiable layers and their effects are investigated. In all analyses, mobilized lateral pressures in non-liquefied layers are also scrutinized. The results of the analyses are discussed and compared with the measured values in the field. Finally, conclusions are given based on the analyses and discussions.     

1211号台风对浙江象山皇城海滩剖面的影响分析

通过对浙江象山皇城海滩地形地貌的现场调查,对比分析了1211号台风"海葵"登陆象山前后海滩剖面的蚀积变化,探讨了该处海滩对1211号台风"海葵"的响应特征。研究结果表明,在2012年8月台风"海葵"过境期间,皇城海滩从总体上看,剖面表现为上冲下淤,平面表现为北冲南淤,其后滨沙丘蚀积变化剧烈,海滩沉积物总收支变化不大。皇城海滩不同岸段剖面对台风"海葵"的响应特征不同,切线段以淤积为主,过渡段、遮蔽段以侵蚀为主,且遮蔽段在三个岸段中变化最小,台风响应强度最弱。台风路径走向、岬湾海滩相对台风的走向和岬角突出程度是其对台风响应强度的重要影响因素。     

闽江下游河道排污口设置的水质响应分析

建立了闽江下游河道一维动态水质模型，探讨了北港不同排污口设置方案对南、北港分汉河道水质的影响．结果表明，北港排污不仅影响排污口附近及北港河道的水质，还影响到南港河道；两个排污口组合设置下的水质好于单个污染源设置情况：污染物浓度过程呈现周期性的变化，排污口河段以上断面，涨潮时污染物浓度增高，落潮时污染物浓度降低，排污口河段以下断面的则相反     

基于弹性地基模型的大型越江盾构隧道纵向位移分析

以上海复兴东路大型越江盾构隧道为工程背景。通过建立适合工程结构及工程地质特点的弹性地基模型,在充分考虑隧道结构荷载作用特点、地下水的影响及隧道下部土体反力特性的基础上,推导出了隧道纵向位移的解析表达式,并采用基于土体反力系数的迭代解析方法,计算了部分南线隧道各管片纵向位移值,所得结果与实测结果基本吻合。     

正交潮响应分析法与调和分析法在验潮站潮汐资料分析中的对比研究

根据Munk和Cartwright(1966)提出的响应法与Groves和Renolds(1975)作的正交潮改进,本文利用正交潮响应分析法和调和分析法的混合模型对某验潮站长期潮汐资料进行了分析。将分析结果与调和分析法作对比,结果表明正交潮响应分析法与调和分析法精度基本相同。关于长周期分潮、辐射潮和浅水分潮的正交响应有待进一步研究。     

波场非匀质性对波向对变风向响应的影响

本文基于波能平衡方程，通过考虑波的传播项，即，研究波场非匀质性对波向对变风向的响应的影响。导出的结果表明，响应的时间尺度可由３部分表示：１．匀质情形响应的贡献；２．波能分布非匀质性的影响；３．平均波向分布非匀质性的影响。在理论上，它暗示波场的非匀质性在波向响应中起着实质性的作用；在实际情况下，对匀质和平稳风场，波场的非匀质性总是使响应时间尺度减少这一事实进行了讨论。     

东海围垦滩地强夯作用下孔隙水压力响应试验研究

围垦滩地饱和粉土地基属于软土地基的一种,其含水量高,渗透性差,强夯加固作用使地基土中的孔隙水压力瞬时升高,且短时间内得不到消散,容易出现“橡皮土”。通过现场试验研究了饱和粉土地基在强夯作用下孔隙水压力的响应规律,确定了两遍强夯之间的间歇时间和强夯的影响深度,以便优化强夯参数,正确指导强夯施工。     

海洋环境荷载下输液立管的静、动力特性研究

考虑管内流动流体和管外海洋环境荷载共同作用 ,建立海洋立管侧向运动微分方程。用Hermite插值函数离散 ,在微机上编写海洋立管静、动力分析程序 ,通过计算分析研究管内流体对立管侧向变形和应力的作用 ;另外 ,探讨管内流体的流动速度和立管顶端的预张力对立管动力特性的影响。结果表明 ,立管变形和应力均随管内流体流动速度增加而增大 ,同时内流速度的增大会降低立管的固有频率 ,但适当增大立管顶端预张力会抵消内流流速增加引起的固有频率下降。