Generalized Interaction Diagrams for Caisson Foundations in Layered Soil under Seismic Conditions
Publication: International Journal of Geomechanics
Volume 21, Issue 8
Abstract
Caissons are rigid foundations most commonly used to support bridge piers. In this study, numerical analysis using the finite-element method based computer program ABAQUS was carried out to study the response of caissons under static and pseudostatic conditions. The caisson was embedded in layered soil comprising a saturated clay layer sandwiched between two sand layers. Sand was modeled using an elastic, Mohr-Coulomb plastic model and clay was modeled using a porous elastic and clay plasticity model to account for soil consolidation. The wall friction angle (δ) and seismic acceleration coefficients (kh and kv) were varied in this study. Calculations were made by executing a mathematical code in MATLAB to obtain the lateral soil pressure, maximum and minimum base pressures, tilt, shift, and point of rotation of the caisson. The analysis was further extended to develop three-dimensional (3D) interaction diagrams relating the combination of applied vertical load (V), lateral load (Q), and moment (M) in nondimensional form required to cause caisson failure for different wall friction angles and seismic acceleration coefficients. These diagrams can be used for the safe design of caissons under different seismic conditions and ground conditions for a variety of design loads.
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Notation
The following symbols are used in this paper:
- B
- caisson base width;
- D
- caisson embedment depth;
- d
- caisson displacement;
- H
- height of lateral load application above scour level;
- kh
- horizontal seismic coefficient;
- kv
- vertical seismic coefficient;
- M
- applied moment;
- N
- corrected value of standard penetration resistance;
- p
- lateral soil pressure;
- p0
- overburden pressure at base of caisson;
- pmax
- maximum base pressure;
- pmin
- minimum base pressure;
- Q
- applied lateral load;
- Qa
- allowable bearing pressure;
- Qn
- normalizing lateral load;
- s
- shift of caisson;
- V
- applied vertical load;
- Va
- allowable vertical load;
- Vn
- normalizing vertical load;
- γ
- unit weight;
- δ
- wall friction angle;
- κ
- slope of swelling line;
- λ
- slope of virgin compression line;
- μ
- Poisson's ratio; and
- ϕ
- soil friction angle.
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Volume 21 • Issue 8 • August 2021
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Received: Sep 4, 2020
Accepted: Feb 27, 2021
Published online: May 21, 2021
Published in print: Aug 1, 2021
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