Research Article
May 1977
Added Mass of Pile Group
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VIEW THE REPLYAuthors: Robert J. Gibson and Hsiang Wang, M.ASCEAuthor Affiliations
Publication: Journal of the Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Division
Volume 103, Issue 2
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Through laboratory investigation, it is shown that when a pile group is arranged in a cluster, the added mass (or inertial force) increases sharply after the spacing between piles falls below a certain critical value. Two configurations of pile group arrangement—circular and square shapes of approximately the same base diameter—were tested. The experimental results reveal that when the spacing between piles is smaller than two times the pile diameter, or the solidification ratio becomes larger than 0.5, the added mass of the pile group increases drastically. For pile groups with individual pile spacing less than this critical value, the volume enclosed, rather than the volume displaced, by the pile cluster should be used as bases for added mass computation.
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Journal of the Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Division
Volume 103 • Issue 2 • May 1977
Pages: 215 - 223
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© 1977 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: May 1977
Published online: Feb 12, 2021
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Robert J. Gibson
Lt., U.S. Navy; formerly, Grad. Student, Dept. of Civ. Engrg., Univ. of Delaware, Newark, Del.
Hsiang Wang, M.ASCE
Visiting Prof., Leichtweiss-Institut fur Wasserbau, der Technische Universitat Braunschweig, Germany, and Prof., Dept. of Civ. Engrg., Univ. of Delaware, Newark, Del.
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