VERTICALLY LOADED SINGLE PILES IN GIBSON SOIL. TECHNICAL NOTE

The available closed-form solutions for vertically loaded piles have been limited to homogeneous soil, or nonhomogeneous soil with the shear modulus as a power of depth. The latter solutions--based on a zero shear modulus at ground surface--are generally sufficiently accurate for normally consolidated soil. For overconsolidated soil, however, there is generally a nonzero shear modulus at the surface, which may affect pile response. In this technical note, rigorous closed-form solutions are established to account for the nonhomogeneity of soil profile with nonzero shear modulus at ground surface. The solutions are developed using a load transfer approach and are shown to give satisfactory results in comparison with a more rigorous continuum-based numerical approach, when the proposed load transfer factors are adopted.

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• Authors:
  • Guo, W D
• Publication Date: 2000-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 189-193
• Serial:
  • Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
  • Volume: 126
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 1090-0241
  • Serial URL: http://ojps.aip.org/gto

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Axial loads; Consolidations; Continuum (Mathematics); Elasticity (Mechanics); Homogeneous soils; Load transfer; Mathematical models; Overconsolidation; Settlement (Structures); Shear modulus; Soil structure interaction; Stiffness; Support piles
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; I42: Soil Mechanics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00783769
• Record Type: Publication
• Contract Numbers: CMS9457549, CMS9700036
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 23 2000 12:00AM