The interaction factor method for energy pile groups

Prior to this study, no simplified yet rational methods were available for estimating the vertical displacements of energy pile groups subjected to thermal loads. Observing such a challenge, the goal of this study has been threefold: (i) to extend the interaction factor concept from the framework of conventional pile groups to that of energy pile groups, (ii) to present charts for the analysis of the displacement interaction between two identical energy piles over a broad range of design conditions, and (iii) to propose, apply and validate the interaction factor method for the displacement analysis of energy pile groups.     

Effect of non-linear soil deformation on the interaction among energy piles

This study investigates the effect of non-linear soil deformation on the displacement interaction among energy piles. The work is based on interaction factor analyses of full-scale pile group tests, whose results are compared with experimental evidence. The results presented highlight the tendency of interaction factor analyses that ignore non-linear soil deformation to overestimate the interaction and the displacement of energy pile groups. This outcome, in accordance with previous studies for conventional pile groups subjected to mechanical loads, may be considered in the analysis and design of energy pile groups subjected to thermal (and mechanical) loads through the interaction factor method.     

Study on interaction between dissimilar piles in layered soils

This paper, under the assumption that the pile–pile interaction showed elasticity, analyzed the pile–pile interaction between two dissimilar piles in layered soils using the shear displacement method and taking the sheltering effect into account to modify the conventional interaction factor between two dissimilar piles. The linear stiffness of single pile was adopted herein to analyze the influence of the pile stiffness factor, the pile length factor, and the diameter of shorter pile on the pile–pile interaction factor between two dissimilar piles. The interaction factor between two dissimilar piles drew from the present method was generally in good agreement with the interaction factor computed by Wong and Poulos. However, this paper intends to provide a different but more convenient means of estimating the interaction factor between piles that have dissimilar diameters, lengths and pile tip conditions, and the settlement of dissimilar piles in pile groups. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

楔形桩与圆柱形桩复合地基承载性状对比研究

基于剪切位移法,引入Mylonakis & Gazetas桩-土相互作用及Winkler地基模型,导出了复合地基中桩-桩、桩-土及土-土相互作用柔度系数;在此基础上,提出了一种综合考虑桩-土-垫层共同作用的复合地基分析方法,并利用Matlab软件编制了相应的计算程序。为了验证该方法的可行性,对楔形桩和圆柱形桩复合地基进行了模型对比试验,并利用该方法对两个模型试验进行了计算分析,试验及理论结果均表明,桩顶平面处的桩间土反力保持着类似天然地基的马鞍形分布,圆柱形桩复合地基的承载力明显低于楔形桩复合地基的承载力,同时,圆柱形桩复合地基的桩土平均应力比明显高于楔形桩复合地基的桩土平均应力比,楔形桩对缓解复合地基中桩顶应力集中,充分利用天然地基的承载能力具有良好的调节作用。     

能源桩传热与承载特性研究现状及展望

能源桩是一种在传递上部结构荷载的同时获取浅层地热能源的新技术,给桩基结构的设计及安全服役提出了新的挑战。从能源桩实际应用的角度,围绕能源桩传热性能和承载性能两个关键科学问题,从4个方面综述目前的研究现状：（1）能源桩的热传递研究;（2）能源桩的结构响应特征;（3）能源桩的承载变形特性;（4）能源桩的荷载传递机制。在此基础上,对当前能源桩传热模型的适用性、热交换作用下能源单桩及群桩的承载特性以及长期运行条件下的承载性能及结构安全性进行了讨论,最后对能源桩工程下一步研究进行了展望。分析成果对于保证结构安全,合理开发浅层地能具有重要意义。     

土性指标和地层性质对水泥搅拌桩成桩质量的影响

从水泥土的固化机理出发,结合水泥搅拌桩桩身标准贯入试验和水泥土配合比试验,分析讨论了土性指标、土质条件和地层性质对水泥搅拌桩成桩质量的影响。     

BEM analysis of the interaction factor for vertically loaded dissimilar piles in saturated poroelastic soil

This paper focuses on an analysis by the boundary element method (BEM) of the pile-to-pile interaction for pile groups with dissimilar piles of different pile lengths embedded in saturated poroelastic soil. The behaviour of the poroelastic homogeneous soil is governed by Biot’s consolidation equations. The pile–soil system is decomposed into extended soil and fictitious piles. Considering the compatibility of vertical strain between fictitious piles and soil, the second kind of Fredholm integral equations were obtained to predict the axial force and settlement along pile shafts numerically. For the analysis of the interaction factor, two loading conditions for a two-dissimilar-pile system were proposed: (a) only one pile is loaded and (b) each pile is subjected to a load proportional to the pile length. Furthermore, the two-pile system was extended to pile groups with a rigid cap to capture the optimum design where each pile shares the same loading at the pile heads. The optimum results require shortening the peripheral piles and elongating internal piles, and the consolidation effect needs to be considered due to the adjustment of loading distribution among piles.     

越南大翁桥桩基承载性能试验研究

越南某开发区大瓮桥、芹玉桥4根试桩均为钻孔灌注桩（其中两根试桩采用了桩端后压浆技术）,用自平衡法进行了静载试验。简要介绍了测试方法的基本原理和桩端后压浆技术,并对试验数据进行了分析。试验结果表明,越南规范高估了桩端承载力,桩端后压浆可以大幅度提高承载力。