Parametric Assessment of Equivalent Static Procedure Accounting for Foundation-Pinning Effects in Analysis of Piled Bridge Abutments Subject to Lateral Spreading
Publication: Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Volume 146, Issue 7
Abstract
Foundation pinning is a critical consideration for design and analysis of bridge foundations subject to liquefaction-induced lateral spreading, particularly for bridges with a standard approach embankment of finite width. The simplified analysis procedure that has been generally adopted for this case makes consideration for foundation-pinning effects by considering the compatibility between the near-field soil and foundation displacements; however, there is a lack of guidance or evidence indicating the practical limitations of the simplified method. This paper discusses the results of a large parametric study carried out using three-dimensional (3D) finite-element models and simplified analysis models of corresponding site conditions. This study is designed to identify the range of conditions where the simplified method produces reasonable results and to determine the expected reduction in near-field displacements relative to those in the free field for different site geometries such that future applications of the simplified pile-pinning analysis procedure will have a benchmark for comparison.
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Data Availability Statement
All data, models, and code generated and used during this study are available from the corresponding author by request.
Acknowledgments
The commercial preprocessing and postprocessing software GiD (CIMNE 2008) was used to support model generation and visualize results for the 3D FEA. The seismic slope stability models from the ESA procedure were developed and analysed using SLOPE/W. Funding for this work was provided by PacTrans, the Regional University Transportation Center for US Federal Region 10, and QuakeCoRE, a New Zealand Tertiary Education Commission-funded Centre. This is QuakeCoRE publication number 0461.
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Received: Jul 12, 2019
Accepted: Mar 3, 2020
Published online: Apr 30, 2020
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