Research on Time Effect of Bearing Capacity of Jacked Pile in Soft Soil

Abstract:

Through the study on the characteristics of bearing capacity of jacked pile in soft soil, it is found that the increment of ultimate bearing capacity of the single pile is mainly determined by pile side resistance. The end resistance has little influence on the time effect of bearing capacity of pile. The relationship between ultimate bearing capacity and time can be expressed with logarithmic curve. According to penetration mechanism of jacked pile, the expansion of a series of spherical cavities in semi-infinite space is used to simulate the process of pile installation. Soil is assumed as Mohr-Coulomb material. Based on the theory of spherical cavity expansion, estimating formulas were proposed to calculate the ultimate side frictional resistance. Then the ultimate bearing capacity of single pile in different time can be obtained. Analyses show that the calculation results are close to the measured data and the error between computed and measured value is little. So it is acceptable for the formula to forecast bearing capacity of jacked piles.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 403-408)
• Pages: 1896-1899
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.403-408.1896
• Online since: November 2011
• Authors: Jia Tao Wang, Xiang Hong Song, Li Wen Zhang
• Keywords: Jacked Pile, Spherical Cavity Expansion, Time-Effect, Ultimate Bearing Capacity

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