Stresses Developed around Displacement Piles Penetration in Sand
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Abstract
Establishing the stress conditions developed around displacement piles in sands is crucial to improving the understanding and modeling of their behavior. High-quality experiments and theoretical analyses are providing new insights into the effects of penetration on stress conditions. This paper synthesizes the findings from three independent experimental studies on normally consolidated silica sands and a trio of numerical analyses that tackle the problem from different perspectives. The significant degrees of uncertainty in the measurements and predictions are recognized and significant differences between data sets are discussed and largely resolved. Applying a consistent normalized interpretive framework leads to clear common trends regarding how installation affects the stress regime. While the main emphasis is placed on the radial effective stresses developed around pile shafts, the circumferential and vertical stress states are also considered.
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Acknowledgments
The research herein was funded by Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51178421, 51322809, and 51078329), the U.K. Royal Society, the Chinese Ministry of Education Distinguished Overseas Professorship Program, Shell U.K. Limited, the U.K. Health and Safety Executive, the U.K. Engineering Physical Sciences Research Council, and Total, France. Their support is gratefully acknowledged as are the contributions made to the mini-ICP experiments by colleagues at INPG Grenoble and Imperial College including: Professor Pierre Foray, Dr. Mark Emerson, Dr. Cristina Tsuha, Mr. Jean-Benoit Toni, Mr. Steve Ackerley, Mr. Clive Dalton, Mr. Bernard Rey, Mr. Alan Bolsher, Mr. Matias Silva, and Mr. Francesco La Malfa. Assistance from Professor Itai Einav in sharing his team’s numerical analysis results is also acknowledged with thanks.
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Received: Jan 29, 2013
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