Inclined single piles under vertical loadings in cohesionless soil

Physical-scaled model testing under 1 g conditions is carried out in obtaining the vertical response of fixed head floating-inclined single piles embedded in dry sand. Practical pile inclinations of 5° and 10° besides a vertical pile (0°) subjected to static and dynamic vertical pile head loadings are considered. To account for the effects of soil nonlinearity as well as the soil–pile interface nonlinearity on the response of piles, a range of low-to-high magnitude of pile head displacements is considered for the static case while a varying amplitude of harmonic accelerations for a wide range of frequencies is considered for the dynamic case. Experimental results are obtained in the form of pile head stiffnesses and strains generated in the pile under both the static and dynamic loadings. Results suggest that the nonlinear behavior of soil as well as the nonlinearity generated at the interface between the soil and the pile as the result of applied loading considerably affect the response of piles. The soil–pile interface nonlinearity that governs the slippage of pile shows a clear influence on the pile head stiffnesses by providing two distinct values of stiffnesses corresponding to the push and the pull directional movement of piles; the two values are significantly different. Axial and bending strains generated in the piles show expected dependency on the amplitude of applied loading; the pile head-level bending strain increases almost linearly with the increase in the angle of pile inclination.

     

Effect of local nonlinearity in cohesionless soil on optimal radius minimizing fixed-head pile bending by inertial and kinematic interactions

This study presents the effects of a local nonlinearity in cohesionless soil upon the optimal radius minimizing the bending strains of a vertical, cylindrical fixed-head pile embedded in a layered soil stratum in a soil–pile–structure system where the kinematic interaction dominates. The seismic deformation method (SDM) with discretized numerical models is applied since the SDM is a static numerical method that can easily consider realistic conditions of layered soil strata and the nonlinearity of the soil. In the numerical models, the local nonlinearity of the soil in the vicinity of the pile is represented by subgrade springs having bi-linear skeleton curves with a simple hysteretic loop. Various amplitudes of the lateral displacements of the soil and the lateral forces at the head of the pile are considered as numerical parameters. The results of parametric analyses reveal the presence of an optimal pile radius that locally minimizes the bending strains of the piles under strong nonlinearity of the soil, and the optimal pile radius tends to increase as the degree of nonlinearity increases. Criteria are presented for predicting the increment in the optimal radius of soil–pile–structure systems under strong nonlinearity in the soil.     

成层Gibson地基中单桩沉降的非线性分析

针对成层Gibson地基模型,研究了轴向荷载作用下单桩的非线性沉降响应。利用最小势能原理求得桩土体系的控制方程,获得了土体位移的解析解及桩身沉降的差分方程式。将土体看作线弹性理想塑性材料,分析了土体的非线性对桩身位移的影响,提出了考虑非线性的单桩沉降响应计算方法,利用Maple编制了相应的分析程序。通过算例研究了土性参数及桩长径比对端承单桩沉降的影响。将研究结果应用于桩基静载荷试验成果的分析,结果表明,两者吻合较好,证明了该方法的合理性。     

动荷载下桩承式路堤的承载特性及机制研究

对于桩承式路堤作用效应的研究目前主要侧重于对静荷载作用下桩土应力比和土拱效应等,较少考虑动荷载的影响,而车辆运行产生的动应力会对路堤中的土拱产生一定的影响,进而影响桩承式路堤的整体性能。为了分析静、动荷载作用下桩承式加筋路堤的性能变化,采用可视化模型试验和颗粒流数值模拟相结合的方法,对桩承式路堤在静载和动载下的应力传递和变形性状进行研究,分析动载作用下填土高度、桩帽、桩距、加筋形式、荷载频率的影响。试验结果表明,在动载下无筋路堤的桩顶的应力减小,而桩间的应力和位移增大,并且变化的幅度均比加筋路堤大,加筋材料的设置有利于减小动载的影响效应,但不同加筋形式下桩承式路堤的工作性状有所不同,受动载影响程度的大小主要与土拱效应的强弱有关。设置双层加筋时,因加筋材料与周围砂土形成半刚性平台,土拱效应减弱,故受动载影响的程度最小,单层加筋时,格栅设于桩顶上方10 cm比格栅置于桩顶受动载影响的程度明显减小,颗粒流的模拟结果验证了以上结果,并且进一步得出随荷载频率的增加、填土高度与桩净距的减小,动载的影响效应增大的结论。     

抗滑桩应变特征与内力非线性研究

为探究抗滑桩实际内力与变形间的规律,特别是桩土相互作用下桩体受力、变形、稳定性等特征,通过抗滑桩大型物理模型试验,结合MATLAB拟合推导实现从桩表面应变散点数据到桩身挠度分布的求解。对比同桩长不同加载条件与同加载条件不同桩长两种情况下桩表面应变、桩身弯矩、剪力及挠度,分析抗滑桩的应变特征与内力变化规律。研究表明:单调与循环加载条件下抗滑桩工作阶段划分为三阶段,即未开裂阶段、混凝土开裂-钢筋屈服阶段、钢筋屈服-桩体破坏阶段。未开裂阶段一、二级荷载下由于土的压密性桩体略微回弹,桩表面应变、桩身弯矩、受荷段剪力及挠度出现较小的负值（绝对值约为破坏时的1%）。混凝土开裂-钢筋屈服阶段应变、弯矩、剪力、挠度增速明显加快。钢筋屈服-桩体破坏阶段应变、弯矩、剪力、挠度呈非线性增长,桩体的破坏模式均为弯剪破坏。随着自由端长度的增加,破坏时应变、弯矩增大,而剪力减小,破坏时应变增长约10%,弯矩增长约3%,剪力减少约20%;相对于单调加载,循环加载下最大弯矩值和最大挠度均有增大,最大弯矩增长约2%,最大挠度增长约1%。     

Finite element analyses of soil plug response

Open-ended pipe piles are often used in offshore foundations. The response of the soil plug inside a pipe pile is poorly understood, and only limited work has been performed to quantify the response under the different loading conditions relevant to offshore platforms. This paper describes numerical analyses that have been carried out in order to assess the end-bearing capacity of the soil plug under loading conditions which range from undrained to fully drained. The soil plug has been modelled as either elastic, elastic–perfectly-plastic or elastoplastic. The soil–pile interface, an important aspect of the problem, has been examined critically. Comparison with experimental data from model test at laboratory scale indicates that the load–deformation behaviour of the soil plug is modelled well using an elastoplastic model for the soil plug, and an elastic–perfectly-plastic joint element to model the soil–pile interface. The finite element analyses show that, under typical loading conditions, adequate end bearing may be mobilized by the soil plug, largely by high effective stresses in the bottom 3–5 diameters of the soil plug.     

分级循环荷载作用下冻土动应变幅值的试验研究

通过低温动三轴试验,采用分级加载方式逐级施加动荷载,对不同加载频率、围压和负温条件下青藏冻结黏土和兰州黄土的动应变幅值变化特征进行了试验研究。结果表明,同一级荷载作用下,动应变幅值随振次的增加基本不变,可以采用平均值来反映各级加载下的动应变幅值;不同加载频率、围压和温度条件下,动应变幅值随动应力幅值的变化规律相同,即随着动应力幅值的增加,动应变幅值逐渐增大;动应变幅值随加载频率的增加而减小,但减小的速率逐渐降低,动应变幅值最终趋于一稳定值,对于青藏黏土和兰州黄土,该稳定值均随加载级数的增加而增加;随着围压的增加,青藏黏土的动应变幅值变化不大,而兰州黄土的动应变幅值呈逐渐减小的趋势;动应变幅值随温度的降低而减小。动应力幅值对动应变幅值的影响最大,动荷载振动频率的影响次之,温度的影响第三,围压的影响最小。     

非均质土中桩端扩散虚土桩法的桩基纵向振动研究

根据桩端土应力扩散的规律,建立了桩端扩散虚土桩模型。基于该模型对非均质土中桩-土纵向耦合振动进行研究。利用复刚度传递多圈层平面应变模型,得到桩与虚土桩桩侧土的剪切复刚度。结合边界条件、初始条件和连续条件,对扩散虚土桩和实体桩动力方程从底层往顶层逐层进行求解,得到桩顶动力响应的频域解析解和时域半解析解。通过对桩端扩散虚土桩扩散角、扩散层厚度、桩侧土非均质性和桩长的影响进行计算分析,得到基于扩散虚土桩法桩-土纵向振动响应特性。研究结论可为桩基础动力设计和动态检测提供理论依据。     

牙轮钻头动静耦合碎岩机理及旋挖成桩应用

总结了在不同高温状态下冷却、不同加载速率及随机裂隙发育状态下花岗岩动态抗拉力学特性的变化规律;结合牙轮钻头孔底碎岩过程,分析了动静载荷耦合作用下岩石破碎的载荷一侵深特性曲线,认为动、静载荷耦合作用的加载点（即动载的施加点）应是在静载处于卸载阶段;并根据加载能量大小讨论了不同动静耦合工况下产生的岩石破裂深度及破碎体积,表明通过一定范围内增大静载荷及冲击力、预加静压对岩石进行预应力损伤、加载一卸载一加载的破碎循环模式,有利于高效碎岩及裂纹的发育。嵌岩桩基础工程实践表明,通过改造牙轮钻头等钻具结构形式及布齿方式,利用动静耦合加载方式及对钻头冷却处理,可实现牙轮钻头在微风化花岗岩高效钻进的目的,为牙轮钻头的旋挖钻进成桩应用提供了重要的技术支撑。     

不同荷载条件下冻土融化沉降过程试验研究

融沉是困扰多年冻土区工程建设与安全运营的关键因素之一.通过室内试验,针对两种初始干密度不同的青藏粉质黏土,在-8～24℃之间正弦波动的周期温度边界条件下,分别开展了无荷载、静荷载及动荷载作用下冻结饱和试样的融沉试验(试样的初始温度为-1℃),研究了试样内部温度、变形、孔隙水压力的时间变化过程.结果表明:温度边界相同时,...     

列车动荷载下桩网结构路基土拱效应试验研究

通过三维模型试验研究了列车动荷载作用下的土拱效应。试验结果表明,动荷载作用下土拱效应依然有效,随着填土的增高,土拱效应在增强,土工格栅的存在可以增强土拱效应的作用。但动荷载条件下动应力的分布与自重条件下的应力分布截然不同。动荷载作用下土拱效应会发生退化,表现为动荷载施加过程中先前由桩所承担的部分动应力会转移至桩间土;完成动荷载施加后,最初由桩承担的部分自重荷载也会转移至桩间土。填土高度和土工格栅对于动荷载作用下土拱的稳定性有很大的影响,但当高度达到一定值之后,填土高度的影响就可忽略,土工格栅的存在使得土拱效应的削弱程度减小了一半。     

考虑桩基弱化的导管架平台横向振动特性试验研究

导管架平台桩身循环往复运动将使桩周土体超孔隙水压增加、横向土抗力降低,从而导致桩基弱化。泥面以下6倍桩径处嵌固桩身的等效桩简化理论没有考虑桩基弱化对平台基础自然频率的影响,计算结果与实测值有一定差距。为研究桩基弱化对平台结构横向振动特性的影响,进行了比例尺为1:10的导管架平台模型试验,测量不同循环荷载作用之后导管架平台模型水平方向的振动特性。由试验结果可知,桩基横向土抗力在不同循环荷载作用过程中出现不同程度的衰减,桩基土抗力的衰减与桩身往复运动的幅值和次数有关。考虑桩-土相互作用时导管架平台模型两个水平方向的基础自然频率（基频）比等效桩理论计算值分别低15.5%和6.0%。桩基弱化后,实测值与计算值的差距增大到22.0%和13.4%。假设导管架-桩-土系统阻尼为比例阻尼,通过试验结果发现,桩基弱化对系统阻尼影响较小。     

高铁荷载下桩承式路基动力响应及土拱效应研究

土拱效应的作用机制是桩承式路堤荷载传递的关键性技术问题,然而高铁荷载作用下桩承式路堤中土拱效应的研究尚不充分。基于高铁设计规范的相关内容,建立了高铁荷载作用下桩承式路堤三维有限元分析模型,并采用已有研究结论验证了数值模型的正确性。根据该数值分析模型,首先分析了高铁荷载作用下路基的动力响应,研究了高铁荷载作用下道床和路堤不同位置处的竖向位移随时间的变化规律,以及路基中速度与加速度沿深度的分布规律。研究发现：道床和路堤表面处的竖向位移随时间变化呈倒“M”型周期变化,而路堤底部处呈“V”型周期变化;速度与加速度在路基深度范围内衰减了80%。通过变化桩间距、路堤高度以及路堤材料参数,分析其对高铁荷载作用下路堤应力和沉降发展规律的影响,进而分析其对土拱效应的影响。研究结果表明：动载作用下土拱效应依然存在,但有所减弱,动载峰值作用下减弱程度最大,谷值情况下有所恢复;桩间距和路堤高度对高铁荷载作用下桩承式路堤中土拱效应的影响较为明显,而路堤填料内摩擦角和剪胀角的影响则相对较小。     

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.     

波浪荷载作用下斜向抗拔桩的承载特性分析

针对浮式海洋结构采用的桩基础,考虑土的循环软化效应,将软土的循环强度与Mohr-Coulomb屈服准则相结合,基于拟静力弹塑性分析建立了循环波浪载荷作用下斜向抗拔桩循环承载性能的计算模型,确定了斜向上载荷作用下抗拔桩的循环承载力,并与单调加载作用下的斜向抗拔桩的极限承载力进行了对比,进一步探讨了桩长、桩径、桩体模量及载荷循环次数等因素对斜向抗拔桩循环承载力的影响。研究结果表明：循环波浪荷载的作用导致了斜向抗拔桩土体循环强度的分布不均匀,从而降低了地基的循环承载力。斜向抗拔桩的动态极限承载力随循环次数的增加而降低,随桩长、桩径及桩体模量的增大而增大。     

两种粉质黏土的动、静强度特性对比研究

以京津高铁和杭州地铁沿线的两种典型粉质黏土为研究对象,并采用英国GDS多功能三轴仪完成了静、动力强度测试,研究了两种土的静力不排水抗剪强度和在交通荷载高振次循环下的动强度、临界动应力比、应变发展模式以及振后抗剪强度等方面的差异。对比发现,长期循环荷载作用下两种土的应变发展和振后强度均有很大不同。与京津地区粉质黏土相比,杭州地铁沿线土含水率高、孔隙比大、密度低、灵敏度高、强度低。两种原状土在小幅振动后土体强度略有增大,而随振幅增大,振后强度将低于未经历振动时的不排水强度值;而重塑土振后强度均低于静剪强度。     

基于静荷载作用软黏土动力长期变形预测研究

动力循环荷载作用下长期变形是工程实践中值得关注的问题。由于试验条件的限制,目前对于动力长期变形研究取得的成果比较有限,而静力作用下的流变成果则相对较多。本文以天津滨海新区海积软土为研究对象,利用TSS10土体三轴流变试验仪和GCTS空心圆柱扭剪仪,对其分别进行流变试验以及大数目循环动荷载试验。试验数据分析表明,同围压条件下,当动应力与静偏应力相等时,动力累积变形与静力长期变形具有相似性,区别在于动力累积变形量略大于静力流变变形。基于此,以静力流变元件模型为基础,同时计算同条件下动静荷载作用下变形差值,建立动力长期变形预测公式,并对试验数据进行验证,结果表明该预测公式较为合理,可为相关工程建设提供理论支持。     

Numerical Study of Behavior of Circular Footing on Geogrid-Reinforced Sand Under Static and Dynamic Loading

A series of axi-symmetry models using finite element analyses were performed to investigate the behavior of circular footings over reinforced sand under static and dynamic loading. Geogrid was modeled as an elastic element and the soil was modeled using hardening soil model which use an elasto-plastic hyperbolic stress–strain relation. Several parameters including number of geogrid layers, depth to the first geogrid layer, spacing between layers and load amplitude of dynamic loading are selected in this paper to investigate the influence of these parameters on the performance of reinforced systems under both static and dynamic loads. The numerical studies demonstrated that the presence of geogrid in sand makes the relationship between contact pressure and settlement of reinforced system nearly linear until reaching the failure stage. The rate of footing settlement decreases as the number of loading cycles increases and the optimum values of the depth of first geogrid layer and spacing between layers is found 20% of the footing diameter. Some significant observations on the performance of footing-geogrid systems with change of the values of parametric study are presented in this paper.     

Pseudostatic approach for seismic analysis of pile group

This paper evaluates a simple approximate pseudostatic method for estimating the maximum internal forces and horizontal displacements of pile group subjected to lateral seismic excitation. The method involves two main steps: (1) computation of the free-field soil movements caused by the earthquake, and (2) the analysis of the response of the pile group based on the maximum free-field soil movements (considered as static movements) as well as a static loading at the pile head, which depends on the computed spectral acceleration of the structure being supported. The methodology takes into account the effects of group interaction and soil yielding at pile–soil interface. The applicability of this approach has been validated by a similar approach for single piles and then verified by both experimental centrifuge models of pile-supported structures and field measurements of Ohba-Ohashi Bridge in Japan. It is demonstrated that the proposed method yields reasonable estimates of the pile maximum moment, shear, and horizontal displacement for many practical cases despite of its simplicity. Limitations and reliability of the methodology are discussed and some practical conclusions on the performance of the proposed approach are presented.     

轴对称径向非均质土中单桩纵向振动特性研究

为了分析径向非均质土中单桩纵向振动特性,基于复刚度传递径向多圈层并采用黏性阻尼模型描述桩周土材料阻尼,建立了三维轴对称径向成层非均质土体中桩基纵向振动简化分析模型。采用Laplace变换和复刚度传递方法,递推得出桩周土体与桩体界面处复刚度,进而利用桩-土完全耦合条件推导得出桩顶动力阻抗解析解,并将所得解退化到均质土情况,与已有解答进行比较验证其合理性。在此基础上对桩基纵向振动特性进行参数化分析,计算结果表明：桩周土体阻尼系数、桩底土阻尼因子仅对桩顶动力阻抗曲线振幅有较明显的影响,而桩底土刚度因子对桩顶动力阻抗曲线振幅及共振频率均有显著影响;桩周土软（硬）化程度越高（低）,桩顶动力阻抗曲线振幅越大（小）;桩周土软（硬）化范围越大,桩顶动力阻抗曲线振幅水平越高（低）;但桩周土软（硬）化程度、软（硬）化范围对桩顶动力阻抗曲线共振频率影响则可忽略。