A new method of testing pile using dynamic P-S-curve made by amplitude of wave train

A new method of detecting the vertical bearing capacity for single-pile with high strain is discussed in this paper. A heavy hammer or a small type of rocket is used to strike the pile top and the detectors are used to record vibra- tion graphs. An expression of higher degree of strain (deformation force) is introduced. It is testified theoretically that the displacement, velocity and acceleration cannot be obtained by simple integral acceleration and differential velocity when long displacement and high strain exist, namely when the pile phase generates a whole slip relative to the soil body. That is to say that there are non-linear relations between them. It is educed accordingly that the force P and displacement S are calculated from the amplitude of wave train and (dynamic) P-S curve is drew so as to determine the yield points. Further, a method of determining the vertical bearing capacity for single-pile is dis- cussed. A static load test is utilized to check the result of dynamic test and determine the correlative constants of dynamic-static P(Q)-S curve.

Nonlinear analysis of pile load-settlement behavior in layered soil

A simplified approach is presented to analyze the single pile settlement in multilayered soil. First, a fictitious soil-pile model is employed to consider the effect of layered soil beneath pile toe on pile settlement behavior. Two approximation methods are proposed to simplify the nonlinear load transfer function and simulate the nonlinear compression of fictitious soil-pile, respectively. On this basis, an efficient program is developed. The procedures for determining the main parameters of mathematical model are discussed. Comparisons with two well-documented field experimental pile loading tests are conducted to verify the rationality of the present method. Further studies are also made to evaluate the practicability of the proposed approach when a soft substratum exists, and the results suggest that the proposed method can provide a constructive means for assessing the settlement of a single pile for use in engineering design.

Numeric simulation analysis of load-settlement relation of pile in layer foundation

Considering the level distribution of soil layers, the soils surrounding pile are simulated with level finite layer elements. Supposing that the vertical deformation of the soil elements surrounding pile varies in the form of exponent function with radial distance, and considering the nonlinear constitutive relation of stress and strain, the stiffness matrix is established. The mechanics behavior of the pile—soil interface is simulated with a nonlinear interface element. This method can truly express the behavior of the pile-soil system. The load-settlement relation Q-S curves of two big diameter prototype piles on bearing test are analyzed, and satisfying results are obtained. This method is reasonable in theory and feasible in engineering.

A new method for testing pile by sin- gle-impact energy and P-S curve

By studying the pile-formula and stress-wave methods (e.g., CASE method), the authors propose a new method for testing piles using the single-impact energy and P-S curves. The vibration and wave figures are recorded, and the dynamic and static displacements are measured by different transducers near the top of piles when the pile is im- pacted by a heavy hammer or micro-rocket. By observing the transformation coefficient of driving energy (total energy), the consumed energy of wave motion and vibration and so on, the vertical bearing capacity for single pile is measured and calculated. Then, using the vibration wave diagram, the dynamic relation curves between the force (P) and the displacement (S) is calculated and the yield points are determined. Using the static-loading test, the dynamic results are checked and the relative constants of dynamic-static P-S curves are determined. Then the sub- sidence quantity corresponding to the bearing capacity is determined. Moreover, the shaped quality of the pile body can be judged from the formation of P-S curves.

Evalution of Application of p-y Curve Method in Offshore Engineering Foundation

Based on the Mohr-Coulomb failure principle and Rankine's theory, the laterally loaded pile ultimate resistance formulas of sand and soft clay proposed by Reese and Matlock respectively are discussed in this paper. The authors put forward the modified ultimate resistance formulas on the basis of which the ultimate resistance formula is developed for horizontally loaded pile in multi-layer soil in consideration of the effect of the overburden soil pressure on the calculation of soil layer. It is significant to the correct application of the ultimate resistance formulas in API and ZCS Rules into offshore engineering.

Experimental p-y curves for liquefied soils from centrifuge tests

The present study aims to obtain p-y curves(Winkler spring properties for lateral pile-soil interaction)for liquefied soil from 12 comprehensive centrifuge test cases where pile groups were embedded in liquefiable soil.The p-y curve for fully liquefied soil is back-calculated from the dynamic centrifuge test data using a numerical procedure from the recorded soil response and strain records from the instrumented pile.The p-y curves were obtained for two ground conditions:(a)lateral spreading of liquefied soil,and(b)liquefied soil in level ground.These ground conditions are simulated in the model by having collapsing and non-collapsing intermittent boundaries,which are modelled as quay walls.The p-y curves back-calculated from the centrifuge tests are compared with representative reduced API p-y curves for liquefied soils(known as p-multiplier).The response of p-y curves at full liquefaction is presented and critical observations of lateral pile-soil interaction are discussed.Based on the results of these model tests,guidance for the construction of p-y curves for use in engineering practice is also provided.

An analytical p-y curve method based on compressive soil pressure model in sand soil

With the high-quality development of urban buildings,higher requirements are come up with for lateral bearing capacity of laterally loaded piles.Consequently,a more accurate analysis to predict the lateral response of the pile within an allowable displacement is an important issue.However,the current p-y curve methods cannot fully take into account the pile-soil interaction,which will lead to a large calculation difference.In this paper,a new analytical p-y curve is established and a finite difference method for determining the lateral response of pile is proposed,which can consider the separation effect of pile-soil interface and the coefficient of circumferential friction resistance.In particular,an analytical expression is developed to determine the compressive soil pressure by dividing the compressive soil pressure into two parts:initial compressive soil pressure and increment of compressive soil pressure.In addition,the relationship between compressive soil pressure and horizontal displacement of the pile is established based on the reasonable assumption.The correctness of the proposed method is verified through four examples.Based on the verified method,a parametric analysis is also conducted to investigate the influences of factors on lateral response of the pile,including internal friction angle,pile length and elastic modulus of pile.

Centrifuge tests for seismic response of single pile foundation supported wind turbines in sand influenced by earthquake history

This paper reports on two sets of centrifuge model tests of wind turbines in dry sand and saturated sand subjected to earthquake sequences.The wind turbine system is composed of a single pile foundation and a wind turbine.All tests were applied with liquefaction experiments and analysis projects(LEAP)waves to simplify the analysis.The objectives of the tests are to investigate:(1)the influence of earthquake history on the seismic response of wind turbines;(2)the influence of earthquake history on the dynamic pile-soil interaction;and(3)the influence of two different foundation types on the seismic response of wind turbines.The tests indicated that earthquake history has a significant influence on the natural frequency of the pile and the soil around the pile in the saturated sand,but has no obvious influence on the dry sand.The shear modulus of the soil and the acceleration amplification factor of the pile top in both tests increased and the maximum bending moment envelope of the single pile foundation shrunk.The stiffness of the p-y curve in saturated sand was increased by the earthquake history,while that in dry sand was not significantly affected.

Interface Mechanical Behavior of Flexible Piles Under Lateral Loads in OWT Systems

This paper investigates the interface mechanical behavior of flexible piles with L_p/D>10 under lateral load and an overturning moment in monotonic loading conditions.To modify the beam-on-Winkler-foundation model of piles in offshore wind farms,the energy-based variational method is used.The soil is treated as a multi-layered elastic continuum with the assumption of three-dimensional displacements,the pile modeled as an Euler-Bernoulli beam.A series of cases using MATLAB programming was conducted to investigate the simplified equations of initial stiffness.The results indicated that the interaction between soil layers and the applied force position should be taken into account in calculating the horizontal soil resistance.Additionally,the distributed moment had a limiting effect on the lateral capacity of a flexible pile.Moreover,to account for the more realistic conditions of OWT systems,field data from the Donghai Bridge offshore wind farm were used.

串珠状溶洞数量影响灌注桩顶部水平受拉特性试验研究

采用室内模型试验,对比研究串珠状溶洞数量对灌注桩顶部水平受拉特性的影响,为岩溶强发育区嵌岩桩的水平承载力设计提供试验依据.结果表明:1)桩顶水平荷载相同时,上部土层段桩身水平位移、桩身弯矩(峰值)、桩侧土抗力随溶洞数量的增多而增大,单桩水平承载力随溶洞数量增多而明显减弱.2)上部土层段桩身水平位移随桩顶水平荷载增大而增大,桩顶水平位移最大,嵌岩段很小甚至为0;弯矩M-深度z曲线整体呈抛物线形,桩身弯矩在土岩界面和上层溶洞与底板界面呈现2个峰值,弯矩的变化仅仅影响到上层溶洞及其底板,第2层溶洞及其以下的弯矩几乎为0,土岩界面弯矩最大、截面最危险;土抗力p-深度z曲线呈“凸肚”形.3)溶洞数量增加,位置越高,p-y曲线越容易收敛,可以采用p/pub=α(y/y50)β拟合土层段的桩身p-y曲线.溶洞数量对α与β值变化幅度的影响较小,α与β值变化幅度体现p-y曲线随深度变化的敏感度,两者敏感度随溶洞数量增多而增大.4)工程桩刺穿串珠状溶洞时,为了提高单桩水平抗拉能力,建议采用注浆法改善上部岩土性质,加大土岩界面处桩身配筋率,并将桩身嵌入上层溶洞底板一定深度,防止基桩在土岩界面处发生弯曲破坏.

嵌岩单桩水平静力加载现场试验及 p-y 曲线研究

为研究风化花岗岩地质条件下嵌岩单桩的受荷响应和p-y曲线规律,本文基于现场试验,开展了水平静力荷载作用下嵌岩单桩的荷载-位移关系、弯矩、桩身变形及p-y曲线响应研究。试验表明:在所研究的相对深度范围内,随着z/D的增加,岩土阻力和相应位移都减小,上部荷载很难传递到深部岩层;桩身最大弯矩在3~4倍桩径之间,极限荷载主要取决于桩身强度而不是岩土体。将p-y曲线分别与一般双曲函数和双曲正切函数进行拟合,评估现有p-y曲线模型在风化花岗岩地基中的适用性,修正了模型在风化岩层中的参数取值。结果表明:一般双曲函数在较浅区域拟合良好,相对深度较大的区域数据离散性较强;双曲正切函数在各深度处拟合优度均较好。分析结果简化了现场p-y曲线的预测程序。

考虑嵌固段桩前土体弹塑性变形的锚索微型桩群计算模型研究

锚索微型桩群在中小型边坡治理及边坡紧急抢险工程中的应用越来越广泛,但现有的计算模型对嵌固段桩前土体塑性变形及桩侧土体受力变形连续性考虑较少。针对这一问题,首先根据锚索微型桩群加固土质边坡的特点,以潜在滑裂面位置为分界线,将微型桩群分为受荷段与嵌固段进行分析。对于受荷段,将桩间土简化为水平土弹簧,有效考虑桩间土力的传递作用;对于嵌固段,采用理想弹塑性p-y曲线分析桩-土相互作用。其次,将冠梁处预应力锚索简化为弹性支座,将其作用力转移至后排桩桩顶,再由桩顶冠梁重分配至各排桩桩顶处,从而达到对桩顶位移的约束作用。最后,以帕斯捷尔纳克(Pasternak)双参数地基梁法为基础,建立考虑嵌固段桩前土体弹塑性变形及桩侧土体受力变形连续性的锚索微型桩群有限差分计算模型,并迭代求解得到该结构的水平位移与内力。利用该计算模型分别对微型桩群与锚索微型桩群加固土质边坡进行算例计算,与试验、数值模拟结果对比分析,验证该模型的合理性,并探讨土体剪切刚度、锚索束及桩径对该锚索微型桩群水平位移与内力的影响。研究表明:嵌固段桩前土体塑性变形及桩侧土体受力变形连续性对微型桩的水平位移与内力有较大影响;随着锚索束的增加,桩身最大正弯矩及水平位移均不断减小,可通过增设锚索束达到控制桩身变形与内力的目的。

轴力对预应力高强混凝土管桩抗震性能的影响

目的研究轴力和往复荷载作用下预应力高强混凝土管桩的抗震性能,为预应力高强混凝土管桩的设计和实际工程应用提供参考依据。方法应用ABAQUS有限元软件对预应力高强混凝土管桩进行有限元模拟,并与已有试验结果对比,两者吻合良好,验证了模型的准确性。在此基础上,研究轴压比和有无普通钢筋及普通钢筋直径对预应力高强混凝土管桩滞回曲线、骨架曲线、刚度退化、延性及耗能能力的影响。结果配置普通钢筋可以提高预应力高强混凝土管桩的承载能力和延性,对刚度影响不大;随着轴压比的增加,预应力高强混凝土管桩的承载能力逐渐提高,但延性变差,轴压比为0.45时,预应力高强混凝土管桩发生脆性破坏。结论配置普通钢筋可以有效改善预应力高强混凝土管桩的抗震性能,预应力高强混凝土管桩的轴压比不宜超过0.3。

桩基承载力计算程序GPILE

介绍了单桩和群桩承载力计算程序 GPILE。该程序利用 P-Y曲线、T-Z曲线和 Q-Z曲线将土体与桩之间的相互作用模拟为一系列非线性弹簧 ,然后通过迭代求解桩的变形和内力。在计算群桩时可以考虑群桩效应。另外 ,还可以在桩基上增加上部结构 。

基于桩侧砂土圆锥型修正应变楔模型的p-y曲线

基于桩侧砂土三维圆锥型应变楔的变形特征,提出砂土中水平受荷桩的非线性p-y曲线。构建圆锥型楔形体前表面应力体系并引入土体应力-应变双曲线模型,进而考虑应变楔的水平受力平衡得到桩侧土反力的表达式。在此基础上,结合弹性地基梁有限差分数值分析,建立了水平受荷桩非线性p-y曲线的理论推导方法。将该理论用于钻孔桩和打入桩模型试验的算例分析,结果表明:相对于API规范的p-y曲线、双曲线型p-y曲线以及传统非圆锥型应变楔模型得到的p-y曲线,本文方法得到的非线性p-y曲线与模型试验结果更为接近。通过比较本文圆锥变形模式与传统非圆锥型应变楔模式的差异以及桩-土参数的影响分析,进一步论证了该方法的优点。

软基中多向受荷大直径单桩桩土相互作用试验研究

为了研究多向循环受荷大直径单桩的水平变形响应及桩土相互作用机理,开展多向受荷大直径单桩的1g大比尺模型试验,探讨不同竖向和水平循环荷载比下的桩侧受力及变形响应.试验结果表明,施加竖向循环荷载会增大桩身水平位移的发展速率;最大弯矩出现在2.0倍桩径深度处,随着循环次数的增大,桩身弯矩表现出减小的趋势;在循环荷载作用下,最大土抗力所在的位置随着循环次数的增大逐渐从1.5倍桩径深度处向2.0倍桩径深度处移动,循环土体抗力-桩身水平变形(p-y)曲线的退化主要发生在表层土体;施加竖向循环荷载会增大桩土界面的初始刚度,但同时也会加速桩土体系的刚度退化.建议在海上风电大直径单桩的设计中,特别注意竖向循环荷载对长期循环荷载作用下桩身位移及桩土相互作用的不利影响.

基于P波斜入射海相软土区螺旋桩动力响应分析

在地震频发地区,越来越多建筑使用螺旋桩作为基础,此桩型具有良好的抗震能力。通过建立三维有限元模型,基于黏弹性人工边界,把地震作用等效为边界结点上的作用力。该研究考虑动静边界转换的影响,最后建立了具有黏弹性边界的螺旋桩-土体三维模型。探讨了处于海相软土场地下,不同种类地震波、地震强度、入射角度和螺旋叶片个数对螺旋桩轴力、弯矩和动力p-y曲线的影响。结果表明,相比较于弯矩,入射角度对轴力和动力p-y曲线的影响较大。除此之外,地震强度对弯矩的影响较大,而地震波频率和螺旋叶片个数对其影响较小。不同地面峰值加速度(0.05g,0.10g,0.30g)时,随着入射角度的改变,螺旋桩受到最大和最小弯矩的差值从144.1 N·m增加到了891 N·m。通过该研究结论,不仅可以得出软土场地下螺旋桩-土体的相互作用关系,也能为螺旋桩抗震设计提供依据。

砂土地基海上风电大直径单桩基础的p-y曲线研究

依托福建某海上风电项目现场试验,对大直径单桩有限元模型的有效性进行验证,进一步研究砂土地基中不同桩径大直径单桩的破坏模式、初始刚度、极限抗力随桩径与深度的变化规律,并分别考虑桩径的尺寸效应与埋深对双曲线模型进行修正。结果表明:不同桩径下大直径单桩的破坏模式主要为浅层土体的楔形破坏;API规范、双曲线模型计算得到的p-y(地基土水平抗力-桩水平位移)曲线与数模得到的p-y曲线误差较大,而修正双曲线模型与数模结果吻合较好,优于其他模型的计算结果。

考虑氯离子侵蚀的高桩码头时变地震易损性分析

地震易损性分析是评估高桩码头结构抗震性能最有效的工具之一,它能够量化给定地震动参数下结构发生破坏的概率。本文针对典型高桩码头结构,探究了氯离子侵蚀导致钢筋及混凝土材料性能退化的规律,基于开源数值计算平台OpenSees,对浪溅区桩基区域的截面特性考虑腐蚀效应,建立了高桩码头二维有限元模型,探讨了氯离子侵蚀对高桩码头结构时变地震易损性的影响。采用Pushover分析方法确定了高桩码头各损伤状态的地震需求界限值。通过对不同腐蚀年限下的码头模型输入80条地震动,对构件能力需求比进行对数回归分析,形成高桩码头时变地震易损性曲线。研究结果表明:氯离子侵蚀会导致面板位移及桩顶弯矩减小,桩顶曲率略有增加;在高桩码头的使用寿命中,结构在不同损伤状态下的地震易损性均随服役时间的延长而增大。

水平循环荷载下嵌岩单桩基础受力特性试验研究

为保障嵌岩单桩基础海上风机的长期安全运行,试验研究了嵌岩单桩基础与土质地基单桩基础的受力特性差异,通过室内1g模型试验分析了地层性质、荷载条件对桩基承载力与受力特性的影响规律。结果表明:对于长径比较小的单桩基础,底部嵌岩时桩基水平刚度和承载力较无嵌岩情况提升显著;水平单调循环加载作用下,桩顶累积位移在开始的数十个循环中快速发展,后期逐渐趋于稳定;底部嵌岩时,桩顶的累积位移存在平衡状态;循环加载初期,桩基刚度均随循环荷载作用次数增加而增大,主要表现为砂土的振密效应,砂土密实后,结构刚度基本稳定;在循环荷载幅值较大时,强风化地基中的桩-岩界面在加载后期损伤脱离,桩基刚度有所下降;水平加载试验中,底部嵌岩单桩桩身弯矩最大位置始终高于无嵌岩情况;无论嵌岩与否,桩身最大弯矩位置均随荷载循环加载次数增加而有所下降;对于嵌入不同风化程度岩石的单桩,循环加载后再静力加载至桩基破坏,其最终破坏模式存在明显差异。