Soil-Pile Interaction for a Small Diameter Pile Embedded in Granular Soil Subjected to Passive Loading
Publication: Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Volume 140, Issue 5
Abstract
The soil-structure interaction of piles used to stabilize failing slopes (i.e., subjected to lateral soil movement known as passive piles) was experimentally investigated using a state-of-the-art soil-structure interaction facility. A 102-mm diameter, 1.58-m-long precast concrete pile was installed in well-graded sand. The pile was instrumented with displacement and tilt gauges at the pile head and strain gauges, a flexible shape acceleration array, and thin tactile pressure sheets along the pile length. Furthermore, the three-dimensional (3D) movements of the soil surface and the top of the pile were monitored using two stereo digital image correlation (DIC) systems. By monitoring the relative movement of the soil surface and pile top, the DIC systems track the progression of the soil-pile interaction that occurs as the lateral displacement of the soil increases. The use of advanced sensors allows simultaneous measurement of the pile lateral movement and the soil-pile interaction pressures along the pile length. The measured pressures indicate that the moving soil applies a linearly increasing pressure along the pile length above the sliding surface. Most importantly, the pile displacements and soil-pile interaction pressures along the pile length, which were measured directly, were used to develop the soil-pile interaction force versus displacement relationships (i.e., curves) for the passive loading condition.
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Acknowledgments
The writers acknowledge the support received from the Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI) Division at the National Science Foundation (Grant No. 0820640). Several undergraduate students helped in conducting several experiments using the SSI facility. Those who deserve a special acknowledgment are William J. Kingston III, Timothy W. Polson, Pierre Bick, and Mathew O’Loughlin. In addition, the writers acknowledge the assistance provided by Stephen Kurtz, Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the technicians at Lafayette College, and also the technicians and the instrumentation specialist at the ATLSS research center at Lehigh University.
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