Role of piles in mitigating the movement of pipes in soft grounds during embankment loading

Abstract

Pipes buried in soft ground can be damaged due to the vertical and lateral movement of the ground during the construction of the embankment. To investigate such a movement of the soft ground, full-scale tests using embankment piles and stabilizing piles were conducted for 70?days. A pile-supported embankment has been used to reduce the deformation of soft ground by transferring the embankment load through piles to the firm layer below the soft ground, whereas stabilizing piles have been employed to resist the lateral earth pressure that is induced in soft ground by embankment loads. The Coupling Area (CA), which was defined as the quantitative index to determine the resistance effect of both settlement and lateral flow of the soft ground when the embankment was reinforced, is adapted. The analysis results of the CA indicate that the piled embankment was more effective for preventing the damage to buried pipe installed near the embankment, while the stabilizing piles had almost the same effect as the piled embankment when the pipe was buried far away from the embankment.     

A new look at the phenomenon of offshore pile plugging

Abstract

Open‐pipe piles are widely used for offshore structures. During the initial stage of installation, soil enters the pile at a rate equal to the pile penetration. As penetration continues, the inner soil cylinder may develop sufficient frictional resistance to prevent further soil intrusion, causing the pile to become plugged. The open‐ended pile then assumes the penetration characteristics of a closed‐ended pile. The mode of pile penetration significantly alters the soil‐pile interaction during and after installation. This affects the ultimate static bearing capacity (mainly in granular materials), the time‐dependent pile capacity (in clays), and the dynamic behavior and analysis of the piles.

Following a summary demonstrating the effects of pile plugging, a review of the common view of offshore pile plugging is undertaken. The interpretation of plugging by referring to the average plug length has led to the erroneous conclusion that in most piles significant plugging action does not occur.

Establishment of an analogy between soil samplers and open‐ended piles enabled correct identification of plugging by referring to the incremental changes in plug length. Examination of case histories of plugging of offshore piles revealed that beyond a certain penetration depth‐to‐diameter ratio, most piles are plugged.     

厚层沉渣嵌岩桩承载性状研究

首先对嵌岩桩进行了现场钻孔抽芯试验和静力载荷试验,试验结果表明：当采用冲击成孔工法施工且桩侧存在弱胶结土层时,桩底沉渣厚度普遍较大,远厚于规范允许值;当荷载达一定值时,呈现突发性下沉且下沉量较大,主要与厚层沉渣导致端阻力未发挥作用有关。试验结果说明：当采用冲击成孔工法施工且桩侧存在弱胶结土层时,现有嵌岩桩设计方法同时考虑端阻和侧阻作用是不妥的,嵌岩桩单桩承载力宜仅按土层和嵌岩段侧阻力确定。进一步基于数值分析对嵌岩段摩阻力分布及变形等承载性状进行研究。在施加荷载一定条件下,嵌岩深度与基岩强度越大,下沉量越小,且厚层沉渣嵌岩桩沉降存在嵌岩深度效应。随着桩顶荷载增大,嵌岩深度与基岩强度差异导致的下沉量的差值增大。嵌岩段桩侧摩阻力沿深度呈马鞍型分布,嵌岩深度与基岩强度较小时,嵌岩段下部峰值比上部峰值大;嵌岩深度与基岩强度较大时,嵌岩段下部峰值则比上部峰值小。在桩顶荷载一定条件下,嵌岩深度越小,下沉量越大,越有利于侧摩阻力发挥,嵌岩段桩侧摩阻力越大。由于厚层沉渣存在,嵌岩段桩身轴力沿深度方向从桩顶荷载逐渐衰减为0,嵌岩深度越小,衰减速度越快。     

弧形间隔排桩-桩顶拱梁空间抗滑结构理论研究

为充分利用地形、地质结构和混凝土的材料特性,优化直线排桩的不利受力状态和提高其整体稳定性,提出了弧形间隔排桩-桩顶拱梁新型空间抗滑结构,即根据滑坡地形及地质条件弧形布设抗滑桩,桩顶设置连系梁,连系梁两端设置抗力桩,形成空间结构以抵抗滑坡推力。以抗滑桩与连系梁之间的作用力为冗力,分别建立了连系梁和抗滑桩的计算模型,并对连系梁的内力和抗滑桩的位移进行了理论分析,根据连系梁与抗滑桩连接处的位移协调条件,建立了力法典型方程求解冗力。最终得出了连系梁的弯矩、剪力和轴力以及抗滑桩的位移、内力理论计算公式。通过算例分析并与悬臂桩及直线排桩-桩顶连系梁抗滑结构比较,结果表明：空间抗滑结构中弧形连系梁的内力分布更加合理,弧形连系梁对抗滑桩的位移约束效果明显。     

Parametric analysis of single pile response in laterally spreading ground

Extensive damage to pile-supported structures has been witnessed in several recent earthquakes (Chi-Chi, 1999; Kobe, 1995, etc.), as a result of liquefaction-induced lateral spreading of slightly sloping ground or free-face topographic irregularities. This paper presents a parametric analysis of the basic pile and soil parameters, as well as the pile-soil interaction mechanisms affecting the response of single piles subjected to such lateral spreading, based on numerical simulation with the nonlinear P-y method. In parallel, a set of design charts and analytical relations is established, for approximate computation of maximum pile deflections and bending moments, using a “theory guided” multi-variable statistical analysis of the numerical predictions. Three different combinations (design cases) of pile head constraints and soil conditions were considered, which are commonly encountered in practice. The overall accuracy of the proposed analytical relations is evaluated against experimental results from seven centrifuge and five large shaking table experiments.     

基于土拱效应下的地震作用与抗滑桩桩间距关系分析

基于抗滑桩桩间土土拱效应,建立在地震作用下土拱效应的力学分析模型,在Mononobe-Okabe理论的基础上,将土拱作用等效为挡土墙作用,提出在一定地震设防烈度下土拱面上水平地震力的计算方法;在考虑滑坡推力和地震力两种外力作用下,依据桩间土在极限平衡状态下的静力平衡条件和强度条件,得出桩间净距理论计算公式.工程实例和系列试算表明,同等条件下,考虑地震作用比不考虑地震作用桩间净距要减小4％ ～ 23％,由此得出不同抗震设防等级下桩间净距计算的折减系数和桩间净距直接折减计算公式,以指导抗滑桩工程设计.     

钢套管灌注群桩施工顺序对多隧道的影响

通过理论研究和数值分析方法,分析了钢套管桩不同的施工顺序对邻近既有隧道的影响,并结合现场实测数据对分析结果进行了验证。首先,采用理论方法分析钢套管旋转下压过程中土塞柱的受力情况,建立微分方程计算土塞柱底端的应力、土塞柱受到的剪切扭矩和自身抗剪扭矩,进而分析得到了土塞柱发生剪切破坏和土塞效应的临界深度。在此基础上按是否产生闭塞效应,分两种情况研究了钢套管旋压过程中产生的土体膨胀率。然后,利用既得的土体膨胀率,通过理论分析和数值模拟方法分析了群桩不同的施工顺序对既有多条盾构隧道的影响,得出了相对较优的群桩施工顺序方案。工程现场实测数据与数值模拟结果的对比分析表明,上述计算结果与实际情况能较好吻合。该研究对类似工程具有理论指导意义和实践参考价值。     

双排抗滑桩上滑坡推力近似解析方法

双排抗滑桩是加固大型滑坡的常用工程措施之一,在实际工程设计计算中的关键环节在于简单且合理地确定作用于前后排桩上的滑坡推力。将抗滑桩受荷段前侧坡体视为水平向的温克勒（Winkler）地基,基于弹性地基梁模型,并充分考虑桩体受荷段与锚固段的变形连续性,通过迭代算法确定出后排抗滑桩受荷段前侧坡体抗力,进而可对排间坡体采用传递系数法计算出前排桩桩后滑坡推力,给出了相关的理论计算公式。通过室内模型试验验证了所提方法的合理性,并针对一大型基覆式滑坡实例,具体计算出了前后排桩上的设计滑坡推力荷载。所提计算方法可为实际工程的简化设计提供参考。     

再论悬臂式抗滑桩合理桩间距的计算方法

为了进一步合理确定悬臂式抗滑桩桩间距,在对以往关于开挖边坡抗滑桩桩间距分析模型缺陷讨论的基础上,提出在抗滑桩桩后局部所形成的拱脚处,两侧土拱在此交汇形成的是倒梯形受压区。在计算确定悬臂式抗滑桩桩间距时,除满足桩间静力平衡条件、土拱跨中及拱脚处的强度条件等基本控制条件外,还需满足桩计算宽度条件、桩土变形协调条件等附加条件,得到了确定桩间净距的方程组,通过迭代试算可以求解。依托一工程实例,定量地说明了在其他因素不变的情况下,桩间净距随桩后土体黏聚力或内摩擦角的增大而非线性增大,且桩间净距受黏聚力的影响更为敏感,同时桩间净距随着桩后坡体推力的增大而呈非线性减小。所提出的方法除可用于黏性土外,还可用于无黏性土。     

移动荷载作用下土岩组合基坑吊脚桩变形分析

以青岛地区特有的土岩组合地质条件为背景,采用现场监测和Plaxis有限元模拟相结合的方法,研究了土岩基坑中吊脚桩在龙门吊移动荷载作用下的变形规律及动力响应。结果表明：桩身变形模拟结果与实测值吻合较好,基坑的变形主要发生在基坑上部软弱土层,吊脚桩嵌岩处产生应力集中;在龙门吊移动荷载作用下,桩顶水平位移较大,但其动力响应最小,而嵌岩处水平位移较小,但其动力响应最大;嵌岩处、桩身最大正弯矩处及最大负弯矩处的土压力动力响应较大,且移动荷载刚经过时刻影响最大。研究成果可为类似土岩结合地区深基坑支护设计提供参考。