scholarly journals Characterization of Underlying Twin Shield Tunnels Due to Foundation-Excavation Unloading in Soft Soils: An Experimental and Numerical Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (22) ◽  
pp. 10938
Author(s):  
Xiaodong Cheng ◽  
Tianqiu Hong ◽  
Zhitang Lu ◽  
Xiaochun Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Study ◽  
Structural Response ◽  
Earth Pressure ◽  
Experimental Tests ◽  
Foundation Pit ◽  
Soft Soils ◽  
Numerical Studies ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Depth Ratio ◽  
Side Walls

Excavation near or above existing shield tunnels often results in adverse impacts on tunnel stability. To ensure the serviceability of existing tunnels, this paper presents experimental and numerical studies with reference to a foundation pit case history excavated above twin-tube shield tunnels in soft soils. The experimental tests were firstly applied to study the deformation characteristics and structural response of the shield tunnels. Thereafter, an extensive numerical investigation was performed to determine the influence of some factors such as cover-to-excavation depth ratio, length-to-depth ratio, and unloading ratio on tunnel displacement behaviors. It was demonstrated that the tunnel heaves as the excavation proceeds, and heaves and horizontal displacements reach their maximum values when the excavation is finished. The earth pressure around the tunnels is symmetrically distributed in a gourd shape, with a larger reduction at the tunnel crown and invert and a smaller reduction at tunnel side walls. Additionally, the earth pressure at the tunnel crown and invert changes more significantly than that at other parts. The tunnel moment increment is significantly affected by the tunnel excavation depth. The axial force at or near the side walls of the tunnel is the most sensitive to the unloading effect induced by the excavation activity.

scholarly journals An Experimental Study on the Ecological Support Model of Dentate Row Piles

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yousheng Deng ◽  
Zhihe Cheng ◽  
Mengzhen Cai ◽  
Yani Sun ◽  
Chengpu Peng
Keyword(s):  
Building Materials ◽  
Soft Soil ◽  
Earth Pressure ◽  
Shallow Foundation ◽  
Laboratory Model ◽  
Foundation Pit ◽  
Maximum Displacement ◽  
Single Row ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Soil Foundation

Bamboo is highly renewable and biodegradable with good short-term strength, which meets the requirement for temporal support structures in shallow foundation pits. Based on this, we conducted a laboratory model test on the dentate bamboo micropile support structure combined with environmentally friendly building materials and new type of piles, to explore the stress characteristics, stress change regularity, and the support effect of the system in soft soil foundation pits. The results show that the earth pressure on the pile sides above the excavation surface gradually decreases with an increase in the excavation depth. The bending deformation of the bamboo pile was also significant. The results also show that the earth pressure and the pile strain below the excavation surface change slightly during the excavation process. When the short sides of the foundation pit were loaded, the highest strain was recorded in the piles 4 and 11. A maximum strain of 358.93 με was recorded, and the maximum displacement of the pile in the top part was obtained to be only 2.14 mm. The most subsidence of dentate pile obtained is only 1.88 mm, whereas that of the single-row pile is 2.35 mm. Compared to the traditional single-row pile, the dentate piles can effectively reduce the horizontal deformation as well as the surface subsidence effectively. They can also support more external lateral load, and hence maintain the foundation stability and give better support. The results provide a theoretical basis for ecological bamboo support technology and have great value to be promoted.

scholarly journals Correction of Earth Pressure and Analysis of Deformation for Double-Row Piles in Foundation Excavation in Changchun of China

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yijun Zhou ◽  
Aijun Yao ◽  
Haobo Li ◽  
Xuan Zheng
Keyword(s):  
Physical Model ◽  
Model Test ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Similarity Theory ◽  
Earth Pressure ◽  
Physical Model Test ◽  
Deep Foundation ◽  
Foundation Pit ◽  
Double Row ◽  
The Earth

In order to study the earth pressure and the deformation behavior of the double-row piles in foundation excavation, a large-scale physical model test was introduced to simulate deformation of double-row piles in foundation excavation based on the principle of similarity theory in this paper. Represented by the deep foundation pit engineering of Changchun, the strain and the displacement of the double-row piles and the earth pressure are calculated by the above-mentioned physical model test. Then a numerical simulation has been carried out to validate practicability of the physical model test. The results show that the strain and the displacement of the front-row piles are larger than the back-row piles. The earth pressure of the front-row piles appears to be “right convex,” correcting the specification of the earth pressure and putting forward the coefficient of β. The results in this paper may provide constructive reference for practical engineering.

scholarly journals Analysis of Situ Test Results of Earth Pressure and Pile Internal Force under Pile-Anchor Support in a Deep Foundation Pit in Xi’an

2022 ◽  
Vol 2148 (1) ◽  
pp. 012051
Author(s):  
Ruibin Yang ◽  
Xinsheng Li ◽  
Dongzhou Xie ◽  
Hongte Meng
Keyword(s):  
Earth Pressure ◽  
Internal Force ◽  
Deep Foundation ◽  
Foundation Pit ◽  
Support Design ◽  
Limiting State ◽  
Obvious Effect ◽  
Deep Foundation Pit ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Monitoring Test

Abstract At present, in deep foundation pit engineering, on the one hand, practice is ahead of theory, and on the other hand, theory can not correctly reflect the actual construction process and environmental effects. In order to further study the distribution and change law of earth pressure and internal force of pile body in deep foundation pit pile-anchor supporting system, field monitoring test of earth pressure and pile body reinforcement stress was carried out. The monitoring results show that before excavation, the distribution of earth pressure has a great relationship with the layering of the soil, and it is distributed in sections along the depth. Compared with the theoretical static earth pressure, the measured data of the upper depth is relatively small; after excavation, the overall earth pressure is distributed along the depth in a “z” shape under the non-limiting state. As the excavation progresses, the magnitude of the reduction of the earth pressure varies from place to place, and the magnitude of the decrease of the soil with better properties is not large; after the excavation, the stress and earth pressure of the pile reinforcement correspond to each other, and the distribution is also nonlinear. The existence of anchor tension has an obvious effect on improving the internal force of the pile. The selected earth pressure calculation methods have some discrepancies in the calculation of the earth pressure value of the project, and they need to be further improved. The research in this paper can provide reference and reference for the calculation of earth pressure and support design of pile-anchor supported foundation pit.

Full-scale Test on Emergency Repair Pavement under Airplane Loading

2022 ◽  
pp. 1-27
Author(s):  
Jun Zhang ◽  
Wei Xu ◽  
Peiwei Gao ◽  
Xingzhong Weng ◽  
Lihai Su
Keyword(s):  
Optimization Design ◽  
Load Transfer ◽  
Gaussian Function ◽  
Structural Response ◽  
Earth Pressure ◽  
Concrete Pavement ◽  
Emergency Repair ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Reinforced Plastic ◽  
Quartic Polynomial

In order to reveal structural response law of emergency repair pavement under the airplane loading and verify the backfill material and structural applicability, two craters (Crater 1 composed of 2.4 m thick flying objects (FO) + 0.4 m thick graded crushed rocks (GCR) + 0.2 m thick roller compacted concrete + fibre reinforced plastic (FRP) course, and Crater 2 composed of 2.4 m thick FO + 0.6 m thick GCR + FRP course) were backfilled. Static and dynamic loads were applied using two airplanes. Results show that, laying FRP pavement layers reduced the maximum deflection of Crater 2 by 21%. Crater 1 and concrete pavement were both slightly rigid structures with a strong load transfer ability. The dynamic deflection basin curves of Crater 2 could be fit using a Gaussian function; while the curves of Crater 1 and concrete pavement could be fit using a quartic polynomial. Under static loading, the earth pressures of Crater 2 at −0.6 m, −0.4 m, and −0.2 m sites were 4.3, 9, and 9.6 times of those of Crater 1, respectively. At the −0.2 m site, the earth pressure of Crater 1 was 0.11 MPa, while that of Crater 2 reached 1.06 MPa. The research results can guide the rapid quality inspection and optimization design of emergency repair pavement structure and material.

Analyses of Earth Pressure on Gridding Concrete Retaining Wall in the Excavation of Deep Foundation Pit in Soft Soil Area

2011 ◽  
Vol 52-54 ◽  
pp. 2181-2186
Author(s):  
Guang Zhu Zhou ◽  
Xu Wei ◽  
Chen Yu
Keyword(s):  
Retaining Wall ◽  
Soft Soil ◽  
Earth Pressure ◽  
Front Wall ◽  
Three Dimension ◽  
Deep Foundation ◽  
Foundation Pit ◽  
Finite Element Software ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Practical Engineering

This paper is mainly to study earth pressure on Gcrw used as a new kind of supporting structures in the excavation of deep foundation pits in soft soil region. On the basis of the simulation of step by step excavation by using big finite element software Abaqus/CAE and considering three-dimension elastoplastic stress state, the characteristics of different earth pressure are systematically discussed upon practical engineering. By comparing simulation results with calculated results based on calculation formula of Rankine Theory, it can be seen that the earth pressure in active zone is different from theoretic active earth pressure and earth pressure at rest while walls and soil in the gridding are regarded as a whole, which is greater than the former and somewhere similar to the latter, the earth pressure in passive zone is bigger than theoretic value of passive earth pressure, it is the tensive force from partition wall that prevent the front wall from overturning. These conclusions will be helpful for design and construction of new retaining wall.

scholarly journals Capacity of Cone-Shaped Hollow Flexible Reinforced Concrete Foundation (CHFRF) in Sand under Horizontal Loading

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Shanshan Li ◽  
Yukun Zhang ◽  
Dayong Li
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Energy Dissipation ◽  
Bearing Capacity ◽  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Earth Pressure ◽  
Ultimate State ◽  
Foundation Pit ◽  
Rubber Layer ◽  
Concrete Foundation ◽  
The Earth

The cone-shaped hollow flexible reinforced concrete foundation (CHFRF) is an innovative type of mountain wind turbine foundation, which outperforms the regular mountain wind turbine foundation in reducing the steel and concrete and protecting the surrounding vegetation for the cavity absorbs soil obtained from excavating the foundation pit. Moreover, the rubber layer installed between the wall of CHFRF and the surrounding ground increases foundation flexibility and releases the larger overturning moment induced by wind. The rubber layer is made of alternately laminated rubber and steel. The objectives of this research are to study the lateral bearing behaviors of the CHFRF under monotonic and cyclic lateral loading in sand by model tests and FEM simulations. The results reveal that the CHFRF rotates during loading; and, in the ultimate state, the rotation center is located at a depth of approximately 0.6–0.65 times the foundation height and is 0.15–0.18 times the diameter of the foundation away from its centerline as well. The lateral bearing capacity of the CHFRF improves with the increase of embedded depth and vertical load applied to the foundation. Moreover, compared to the CHFRF without the rubber layer, the rubber layer can reduce the earth pressure along the wall of CHFRF by 22% and decrease the deformed range of the soil surrounding the foundation, revealing that it can reduce the loads transferred to the surrounding soil for extending the service life of the foundation. However, the thickness and stiffness of the rubber layer are important factors influencing the lateral bearing capacity and the energy dissipation of the foundation. Moreover, it should be noted that the energy dissipation mainly comes from the steel of the rubber layer rather than rubber.

The Calculation of Incremental Method Based on Earth Pressure Modification

2012 ◽  
Vol 256-259 ◽  
pp. 507-513
Author(s):  
Shou Ze Cheng ◽  
Wei Hua Wang ◽  
Chang Jie Xu
Keyword(s):  
Earth Pressure ◽  
Structure Design ◽  
Practical Calculation ◽  
Foundation Pit ◽  
Retaining Structure ◽  
Incremental Method ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Calculation Results ◽  
Practical Engineering ◽  
Incremental Step

Incremental method, as one of the practical calculation methods in retaining structure design of foundation pit, has been widely used. When incremental method is applied, the earth pressure, acting on the retaining structure on each incremental step, is considered as static earth pressure. Actually, the state of earth pressure changes constantly with the increase of soil displacement in the process of excavation. This paper introduces the relation of displacement and earth pressure based on the soil stress-strain state, and makes corrections for the earth pressure of the incremental method. By comparing with the measured data of the engineering, the calculation results, which consider earth pressure modification, are in good line with the practical engineering condition. The method in this paper can provide certain reference for related engineering design.

Numerical Simulation Using Finite Element and Earth Pressure Analysis on Double-Row Pile Retaining Structures

2011 ◽  
Vol 261-263 ◽  
pp. 923-927
Author(s):  
Jian Zhou ◽  
Zi Han Wang
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Earth Pressure ◽  
Three Dimension ◽  
Spatial Effects ◽  
Foundation Pit ◽  
Double Row ◽  
Retaining Structures ◽  
Finite Element Software ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Pressure Analysis

The characters on double-row pile retaining structures are affected significantly by spatial effects. In this paper, double-row pile retaining structures are simulated numerically in three-dimension by finite element software PLAXIS. The behavior differences among piles in different positions around the foundation pit are analyzed. The results show that the deformation and moment are biggest in the middle of long side of the foundation pit. It is suggested that the earth pressure between the rows above the pit bottom is close to active earth pressure.

Study on Earth Pressure of Foundation Pit Excavation by Model Test

2011 ◽  
Vol 261-263 ◽  
pp. 1089-1093
Author(s):  
Gui He Wang ◽  
Yu You Yang
Keyword(s):  
Fly Ash ◽  
Model Test ◽  
Earth Pressure ◽  
Engineering Problem ◽  
Composite Foundation ◽  
Testing System ◽  
Foundation Pit ◽  
High Rise ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Pile Model

As there are more and more high-rise buildings in the big cities, some new foundation pits are usually near old high-rise construction. In this case, foundation pit excavation is an engineering problem which needs to be solved urgently. This paper aims at the problem where the new foundation pit is closing to a high-rise building with a cement fly-ash grave (CFG) composite foundation, though cantilever retaining pile model test, simulate the excavate process, and make a testing system to measure datum in order to research on the characteristics of the earth pressure.

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