Centrifuge Modeling for Seismic Performance of Floating Piled Raft with and without Drainage Wells in Liquefiable Site
Publication: International Journal of Geomechanics
Volume 21, Issue 5
Abstract
Drainage techniques can be employed to reduce damage of pile rafts in liquefiable ground by decreasing the build-up of excess pore water pressure and maintaining soil stiffness during earthquakes. This paper aims to evaluate the impact of drainage wells on the seismic response of floating piled rafts in fully saturated ground. In practice, floating piles are commonly employed as underpinning elements beneath the raft foundations to reduce undesirable settlement of the raft. Centrifuge experiments were performed on 2 × 2 piled raft foundations with and without drainage wells in mildly sloping ground. Two types of ground involving a uniform sand layer and a uniform sand layer with a superficial gravel layer were reconstructed, whereas the piles were floating within the liquefiable sand. The models were fully instrumented and sine waves were introduced to the models' base at the 80 g centrifugal acceleration. Records of the transducers demonstrate that the drainage wells system significantly decrease the settlement of foundation, dissipation time under dynamic loading by forming closer drainage routes, and excess pore water pressure ratio. In contrary, presence of drainage systems significantly increases the rafts acceleration response, and the bending moment and the axial force of the piles. Results of the piled raft systems in the presence and absence of the drainage wells and the superficial gravel layer are compared with together and also compared with the far-field in terms of the acceleration response, permanent settlement, and excess pore water pressure.
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Acknowledgments
The authors sincerely appreciate the staffs of NCU for the great collaboration to conduct the experiments, especially Professors Wen-Yi Hung and Yu-Yi Chang.
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