Analysis of laterally loaded piles with rectangular cross sections embedded in layered soil

An analysis is developed to determine the response of laterally loaded rectangular piles in layered elastic media. The differential equations governing the displacements of the pile–soil system are derived using variational principles. Closed‐form solutions of pile deflection, the slope of the deflected curve, the bending moment and the shear force profiles can be obtained by this method for the entire pile length. The input parameters needed for the analysis are the pile geometry and the elastic constants of the soil and pile. The new analysis allows insights into the lateral load response of square, rectangular and circular piles and how they compare. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Soil resistances for laterally loaded rigid piles in multi-layered elastic soil

ABSTRACT

Short stubby piles like monopiles and large diameter drilled shafts undergo rigid body translation and rotation when subjected to a lateral force and/or a moment at the head. A method of analysis for these piles embedded in multi-layered elastic soil is developed using the variational principles of mechanics. Using this analysis, the soil resistance against pile movement can be rigorously related to the soil elastic constants, and the pile head displacement and rotation can be quickly calculated. The equilibrium equations for pile and soil displacements are obtained using the principle of virtual work and solved using an iterative algorithm. Pile responses obtained from the analysis match well with those obtained from three-dimensional finite element analyses in which the same inputs of loads, geometry, and material properties are given. Based on the new analysis, fitted equations for soil resistance parameters are developed, which can be used to directly calculate the pile head displacement and rotation without the use of the iterative algorithm. Numerical examples are provided that demonstrate how the method can be used to analyse practical problems.     

Study on laterally loaded piles with rectangular and circular cross sections

The conventional approach in the design of laterally loaded piles with rectangular cross section involves the simplification of converting the rectangular cross section of the pile to an equivalent circular cross section. An analysis to determine the response of laterally loaded rectangular or circular piles in elastic soil is presented in which this simplification is not required. The analysis is based on the solution of differential equations governing the displacements of the pile–soil system derived using energy principles. The pile geometry and the elastic constants of the soil and pile are the input parameters to the analysis. Using this analysis, comparisons are made between the response of rectangular and circular piles in elastic soil. Based on the proposed solution scheme, a user-friendly spreadsheet program (LATPAXL) was developed that can be used to perform the analysis. In addition, simple equations obtained by regression analysis of the pile head deflection and bending moment profiles are proposed. Examples illustrate the use of the analysis.     

基于能量法的轴横向荷载作用下单桩受力变形分析

轴向和横向荷载作用下单桩的受力变形分析是桩基研究的重点内容之一。单桩在水平荷载作用下会产生一定的水平位移与弯矩,而此时作用轴向荷载会使得桩体出现一定的压曲与附加弯矩,以致轴横向荷载作用下的单桩受力变形与单独作用水平荷载或轴向荷载的单桩存在较大的区别。故本文基于能量法,首先分别建立轴横向荷载作用下单桩的受力变形能量方程以及桩周土体能量方程,然后考虑桩土变形协调与一定的桩土相互作用,基于最小势能原理得到单桩变形控制微分方程,并采用幂级数法进行求解,最终得到轴横向荷载作用下单桩受力变形分析的幂级数解答。通过编程计算,将本文方法计算结果与试验结果、数值分析结果、规范法计算结果进行对比分析,验证了本文方法的合理性和可行性。在此基础上,基于本文解答进行了影响参数分析,结果表明:桩体长径比、桩土弹性模量比、桩周土模量深度变化系数均对轴横向受荷单桩的桩身水平位移与最大弯矩值有一定的影响,其中桩周土模量深度变化系数以不小于0.6为宜。     

纵横向受荷基桩变形内力的矩阵传递解

针对地基的土体屈服性状,将桩侧土体分为弹性变形区域与塑性变形区域两种情况。假定地基反力系数为3参数的一般形式,同时考虑桩身 效应并计入桩身自重、桩侧摩阻力的影响,根据地基反力法分别建立桩身弹性段和塑性段挠曲线微分方程。在解微分方程的过程中,采用矩阵传递法结合Laplace正逆变换的方法解得桩顶作用轴向力、水平力、弯矩时桩身内力和变形的矩阵传递解,并用Fortran语言编制了相应计算程序。最后将试验数据对上述方法进行验证,结果表明计算值与模型试验的实测值吻合很好,采用文中3参数地基反力法反算所得的地基参数离散性很小,研究结果具有较高的应用价值。     

Analysis of piles subjected to lateral soil movements using a three‐dimensional displacement approach

An analytical approach using the three‐dimensional displacement of a soil is investigated to provide analytical solutions of the horizontal response of a circular pile subjected to lateral soil movements in nonhomogeneous soil. The lateral stiffness coefficient of the pile shaft in nonhomogeneous soil is derived from the rocking stiffness coefficient that is obtained from the analytical solution, taking into account the three‐dimensional displacement represented in terms of scalar potentials in the elastic three‐dimensional analysis. The relationship between horizontal displacement, rotation, moment, and shear force of a pile subjected to lateral soil movements in nonhomogeneous soil is obtainable in the form of the recurrence equation. For the relationship between the lateral pressure and the horizontal displacement, it is assumed that the behavior is linear elastic up to lateral soil yield, and the lateral pressure is constant under the lateral soil yield. The interaction factors between piles subjected to both lateral load and moment are calculated, taking into account the lateral soil movement. The formulation of the lateral displacement and rotation of the pile base subjected to lateral loads in nonhomogeneous soils is presented by taking into account the Mindlin equation and the equivalent thickness for soil layers in the equivalent elastic method. For lateral movement, lateral pressure, bending moment, and interaction factors, there are small differences between results obtained from the 1‐D and the 3‐D displacement methods except a very flexible pile. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Variational elastic solution for axially loaded piles in multilayered soil

Most analytical or semi‐analytical solutions of the problem of load‐settlement response of axially loaded piles are based on the assumption of zero radial displacement. These solutions also are only applicable to piles embedded in either a homogeneous or a Gibson soil deposit. In reality, soil deposits consist of multiple soil layers with different properties, and displacements in the radial direction within the soil deposit are not zero when the pile is loaded axially. In this paper, we present a load‐settlement analysis applicable to a pile with circular cross section installed in multilayered elastic soil that accounts for both vertical and radial soil displacements. The analysis follows from the solution of the differential equations governing the displacements of the pile–soil system obtained using variational principles. The input parameters needed for the analysis are the pile geometry and the elastic constants of the soil and pile. We compare the results from the present analysis with those of an analytical solution that considers only vertical soil displacements. The analysis presented in this paper also provides useful insights into the displacement and strain fields around axially loaded piles. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Longitudinal vibration of a pile embedded in layered soil considering the transverse inertia effect of pile

The dynamic response of a viscoelastic bearing pile embedded in multilayered soil is theoretically investigated considering the transverse inertia effect of the pile. The soil layers surrounding the pile are modeled as a set of viscoelastic continuous media in three-dimensional axisymmetric space, and a simplified model, i.e., the distributed Voigt model, is proposed to simulate the dynamic interactions of the adjacent soil layers. Meanwhile, the pile is assumed to be a Rayleigh–Love rod with material damping and can be divided into several pile segments allowing for soil layers and pile defects. Both the vertical and radial displacement continuity conditions at the soil–pile interface are taken into account. The potential function decomposition method and the variable separation method are introduced to solve the governing equations of soil vibration in which the vertical and radial displacement components are coupled. On this basis, the impedance function at the top of the pile segment is derived by invoking the force and displacement continuity conditions at the soil–pile interface as well as the bottom of pile segment. The impedance function at the pile head is then obtained by means of the impedance function transfer method. By means of the inverse Fourier transform and convolution theorem, the velocity response in the time domain can also be obtained. The reasonableness of the assumptions of the soil-layer interactions have been verified by comparing the present solutions with two published solutions and a set of well-documented measured pile test data. A parametric analysis is then conducted using the present solutions to investigate the influence of the transverse inertia effect on the dynamic response of an intact pile and a defective pile for different design parameters of the soil–pile system.     

Response of Euler–Bernoulli beam on spatially random elastic soil

A new method is developed for analysis of flexible foundations (beams) on spatially random elastic soil. The elastic soil underneath the beams is treated as a continuum, characterized by spatially random Young’s modulus and constant Poisson’s ratio. The randomness of the soil Young’s modulus is modeled using a two-dimensional non-Gaussian, homogeneous random field. The beam geometry and Young’s modulus are assumed to be deterministic. The total potential energy of the beam-soil system is minimized, and the governing differential equations and boundary conditions describing the equilibrium configuration of the system are obtained using the variational principles of mechanics. The differential equations are solved using the finite element and finite difference methods to obtain the beam and soil displacements. Four different beam lengths, representing moderately short, moderately long and long beams are analyzed for beam deflection, differential settlement, bending moment and beam shear force. The statistics of the beam responses are investigated using Monte Carlo simulations for different beam-soil modulus ratios and for different variances and scales of fluctuations of the soil Young’s modulus. Suggestions regarding the use of the analysis in design are made. A novelty in the analysis is that the two-dimensional random heterogeneity of soil is taken into account without the use of traditional two-dimensional numerical methods, which makes the new approach computationally efficient.     

隧道开挖引起邻近单桩水平反应分析

隧道开挖会降低邻近桩基承载力,如何更为合理评价桩基水平附加响应是需要解决的问题。基于Pasternak双参数地基模型和三折线弹塑性荷载传递模型,采用两阶段分析法,并考虑侧向土体作用及地基土层的非均质特性,提出了更符合实际的单桩水平反应简化分析方法。通过与Winkler地基梁法及边界元法的对比分析,验证了方法的合理性。结合对单桩水平反应的多种影响因素进行参数分析,通过各因素相应的修正系数来对基准工况中单桩最大水平反应进行修正,得到计算工况中单桩的最大水平位移和最大弯矩。分析结果表明,桩基水平位移计算时可忽略侧向土体作用,而弯矩计算时应予以考虑;桩基计算工况的最大水平位移 最大弯矩 与平均地层损失比 呈现线性关系,而与隧道半径R、隧道轴线深度H、桩距隧道中心线距离x及桩身柔度系数 均呈现非线性关系。     

基于两阶段法的堆载对公路桥梁桩基础影响分析

首先基于布西奈斯克解,将表面作用有集中荷载时半无限弹性体的应力变形解在荷载作用区域利用复合辛普森公式进行数值积分,得到了表面处于不同形式的分布荷载作用下土体自由场水平及竖直方向应力和变形的计算公式。结合有限差分法及Mindlin位移解分别推导出弹性地基中桩顶作用有集中荷载时单桩桩、土单元的位移,两者结合便得到主动桩的分析方法。通过将堆载作用下的土体自由场位移施加于桩上把上述自由场分析及主动桩分析结合起来,推导出堆载作用下被动单桩的竖向和水平向承载特性的分析方法。选取地表附近作用有矩形均布荷载的计算工况,通过与有限元计算结果的对比验证了所提出的分析方法的正确性;将所提出的方法计算结果与某处工程案例中实测数据结果进行对比,分析表明利用该方法分析堆载对邻近桩基的水平及竖向影响是合理可靠的。     

带帽刚性桩复合地基荷载传递机理研究

为了研究带帽刚性桩复合地基荷载传递机理,基于弹性理论和合理假定,采用荷载传递函数法,建立了带帽刚性桩复合地基中桩体沉降及其轴向应力、桩帽下土体竖向位移及其竖向应力、桩帽间土体竖向位移及其竖向应力、桩身侧摩阻力、桩帽边缘土体之间的侧摩阻力与荷载水平、深度之间的控制微分方程。采用微分方程的近似解法,推导出相应地解析表达式。利用桩体荷载沉降关系作为已知条件进行求解,计算结果能够反映带帽刚性桩复合地基荷载传递的一般力学性状规律。     

Three-dimensional finite element analysis for soil slopes stabilisation using piles

This paper presents the analytical methods of slope-stabilising piles using the three-dimensional (3-D) finite element (FE) analysis with the strength reduction method (SRM). This 3-D FE model is employed to overcome the limitations observed in two-dimensional (2-D) FE analysis. The solutions obtained from 3-D FE analyses are verified to be less conservative in this paper. The 3-D analysis is considered to be of particular importance to pile-slope problems. The soil that flows between piles cannot be taken account properly in the 2-D FE analysis. The method adopted in this paper can avoid the assumption of soil movement and the pressure distribution along the piles subjected to soil movement. The numerical analysis employs the Mohr–Coulomb failure criterion with the strength reduction technique for soil and an elastic member for piles. The spacing effect of the pile is considered in the 3-D model, the S/D (S: centre to centre, D: diameter of pile) ratio, equal to 4.0, is found to be equivalent to the single pile stabilisation. The middle portion of the slope is identified as the optimal location to place the piles. The proper length of the pile, which can be used to stabilise the slope, is also examined using 3-D FE analyses. It is concluded that L/H greater or equal 0.70 is recommended (L: pile length, H: slope height). The numerical analyses are conducted based on a coupled analysis, which simultaneously considers both the slope stability and the pile response. The failure mechanisms of the pile-slope system subjected to the pile locations, pile head conditions and pile length are each discussed. The contact pressure, shear force and moment along the piles are presented to illustrate the pile stabilising mechanism herein.     

水平荷载作用下现浇X形桩桩周土体响应理论分析

现浇X形桩是为了提高单位混凝土承载力性能而开发的一种新型异形横截面桩,但目前针对异形横截面桩在水平荷载作用下桩周土体力学性状的理论研究相对较少。基于保角变换的方法将X形桩孔映射到单位圆上,采用平面弹性力学的复变函数方法得到X形桩在水平荷载作用下桩周土体应力场与位移场分布的平面应变解。续而,基于文克尔地基模型,把桩周土离散为一系列独立的弹簧模型,弹簧的刚度系数采用平面应变解,然后根据欧拉-伯努利梁的挠曲线微分方程推导得到现浇X形桩在水平荷载作用下桩身的变形和内力的计算方法。通过建立的平面应变解计算普通圆形截面桩,并且与Baguelin推导的圆形截面桩在水平荷载作用下平面应变解进行对比分析,验证所建立理论方法的准确性和可靠性。最后,针对一算例进行分析,并与数值模型计算结果进行对比验证。研究结果表明,该理论方法能够较好地模拟水平荷载作用下现浇X形桩桩周土体的力学工作性状,尤其是小荷载作用条件下。     

Elastic models for nonlinear response of rigid passive piles

Recent study indicates that the response of rigid passive piles is dominated by elastic pile–soil interaction and may be estimated using theory for lateral piles. The difference lies in that passive piles normally are associated with a large scatter of the ratio of maximum bending moment over maximum shear force and induce a limiting pressure that is ~1/3 that on laterally loaded piles. This disparity prompts this study. This paper proposes pressure‐based pile–soil models and develops their associated solutions to capture response of rigid piles subjected to soil movement. The impact of soil movement was encapsulated into a power‐law distributed loading over a sliding depth, and load transfer model was adopted to mimic the pile–soil interaction. The solutions are presented in explicit expressions and can be readily obtained. They are capable of capturing responses of model piles in a sliding soil owing to the impact of sliding depth and relative strength between sliding and stable layer on limiting force prior to ultimate state. In comparison with available solutions for ultimate state, this study reveals the 1/3 limiting pressure (of the active piles) on passive piles was induced by elastic interaction. The current models employing distributed pressure for moving soil are more pertinent to passive piles (rather than plastic soil flow). An example calculation against instrumented model piles is provided, which demonstrates the accuracy of the current solutions for design slope stabilising piles. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

桩基承台梁受力分析的幂级数解答

将桩基承台梁视为置于弹性地基上的有限长梁,将竖向桩体及承台梁下桩间土体视为刚度不同的弹簧系列,基于Winkler弹性地基梁理论,推导出考虑桩土共同工作的承台梁竖向位移控制微分方程,并给出其幂级数半解析解,进而导得了在集中荷载、外加弯矩及分布荷载共同作用下桩基承台梁的竖向位移、转角、弯矩及剪力的计算公式。最后通过与链杆法、Newmark法的比较,验证了本文幂级数解答的正确性。在此基础上,探讨分析了基桩差异性、承台梁下土体作用、桩径及荷载形式等因素对桩基承台梁受力变形的影响。研究表明：当考虑上述因素影响时,桩基承台梁的竖向变形、弯矩及桩顶反力均发生不同程度的变化,因此,在实际的设计计算中应予以考虑。     

微型桩组合结构模型抗滑机制试验研究

对以空间桁架微型桩体系的组合结构采用了分级加载的方法,通过新的地质力学模型试验,研究滑坡推力引起的微型桩体系内力变化规律,并根据试验方法和空间桁架微型桩体系中各排桩的受力状态,导出了分级加载条件下受横向约束的弹性地基梁的结构分析解。试验结果表明,在碎石土地质条件下,连系梁可以有效限制微型桩顶位移,并减小桩身弯矩,滑体中桩前土压力分布相对较为均匀,各排微型桩桩体的弯矩大小分布比较接近,最大弯矩位于滑面处;基于受到横向约束的弹性地基梁的结构分析解,可以较好地描述空间桁架式微型桩在分级加载后的内力变化及其分布规律。研究结果对正确分析微型桩的抗滑机制和微型桩抗滑设计具有较好的参考价值。     

A three‐dimensional displacement approach for analysis of laterally loaded piles in nonhomogeneous soil

An analytical approach using the three‐dimensional displacement of a soil is investigated to provide analytical solutions of the horizontal response of a circular pile subjected to lateral loads in nonhomogeneous soil. The rocking stiffness coefficient of the pile shaft in homogeneous soil is derived from the analytical solution taking into account the three‐dimensional displacement represented in terms of scalar potentials in the elastic three‐dimensional analysis. The lateral stiffness coefficient of the pile shaft in nonhomogeneous soil is derived from the rocking stiffness coefficient taking into account the rocking rotation of a rigid pile shaft. The relationship between horizontal displacement, rotation, moment, and shear force of a pile subjected to horizontal loads in nonhomogeneous soil is obtainable in the form of the recurrence equation. The formulation of the lateral displacement and rotation of the pile base subjected to lateral loads in nonhomogeneous soils is presented by taking into account Mindlin's equation and the equivalent thickness for soil layers in the equivalent elastic method. There is little difference between lateral, rocking, and couple stiffness coefficients each obtained from both the two‐dimensional and three‐dimensional methods except for the case of Poisson's ratio near 0.5. The comparison of results calculated by the current method for a pile subjected to lateral loads in homogeneous and nonhomogeneous soils has shown good agreement with those obtained from analytical and numerical methods. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

考虑竖向摩阻力的抗滑桩嵌固段内力计算

抗滑桩变形过程中产生的竖向摩阻力可以形成反力矩,有助于抵抗滑坡推力,现对竖向摩阻力对抗滑桩嵌固段内力及变形的影响进行研究。在弹性地基系数法K法和小变形假设的基础上,假定竖向摩阻力与桩岩相对位移成正比,建立考虑竖向摩阻力的抗滑桩受力模型及其挠曲变形微分方程,并推导其求解过程。通过马家沟Ⅰ号滑坡抗滑桩实例计算,分析了竖向摩阻力对抗滑桩内力及变形计算的影响。竖向摩阻力形成的反力矩能减小抗滑桩的变形及内力,对抗滑桩剪力的影响最大,水平位移次之,对弯矩影响最小。考虑竖向摩阻力的抗滑桩计算模型能改善目前抗滑桩设计中剪力计算过大的问题,使抗滑桩设计更为合理。     

A numerical method for laterally loaded piles

A numerical model for a laterally loaded pile in an elastic continuum is presented. The governing differential equations for vertical piles in a homogeneous and a layered soil are obtained by using variational calculus. Two parameters, k and t, are used in this approach to represent the elastic foundation, and an iterative technique is adopted to obtain a consistent energy solution. Both free and fixed headed piles have been considered. Two kinds of boundary conditions of practical interest at the pile tip, floating tip and clamped tip, are also considered. The proposed method has been validated by comparison of the results with those obtained by other available methods. Typical solutions are presented and recommendations are given for their use in design problems.