Investigation of Pile Behavior Toward Abutment Construction using PLAXIS 3D: Case Study on Lembak Bridge

Soil as a subgrade foundation under embankment construction often creates problems in terms of stability and settlement. Therefore, it needs improvement by using preloading embankment. This article presents the investigation of pile behavior towards two scenarios of abutment construction using Plaxis 3D, a three- dimensional finite element program. The use of two scenarios of analysis was Method A. The abutment construction phase conduct without using a preloading embankment, and Method B, where a preloading embankment constructs before the abutment construction. The case study location at the Lembak bridge. Compare the analysis results with the measured data. Results showed that Method A and Method B's pile deflection yielded four times and one point six times larger than the measure data, respectively. Hence, it indicates that Method B recommends for future construction of bridge abutment.

ANALISIS TIANG PANCANG SEBAGAI DINDING PENAHAN TANAH DI DAERAH ALIRAN SUNGAI MENGGUNAKAN PROGRAM PYWALL

Construction failure may occur due to various things. One of them is used a shallow foundation for a retaining wall. It can possible, but consider environmental condition where there is a heavy flow of water along the wall. Therefore it is necessary to use a deep foundation. Pile are printed concrete products. It is used to support a load and distribute the load to the subgrade. This pile is also equipped with iron reinforcement so that it can guarantee the quality and strength. This calculation is using a closed-form solution. The software used is P-Y Wall which fixes a flexible retaining wall or pile/drill wall. This program will calculate pile deflection, shear forces, and bending moments. In this assessment, variations were made relating to the distance between the piles and the values of L1 and L2. L1 shows the free long pile and L2 shows the long pile entering the ground. Variation 3A with the distance between the piles 100 cm and the length of the pile 15 m. The average value of L1 was 10.8 m for the value and the value of L2 was 4.2 m. Both of deflection and moment can fulfill the qualification, the value is 9,1 m (from 10,8 m) dan 320 kNm (from 399 kN/m).

Effect of Loading Direction and Slope on Laterally Loaded Pile in Sloping Ground

A series of three-dimensional finite element analyses were performed to study the behavior of piles in sloping ground under undrained lateral loading conditions. The analyses have been conducted for slopes with different angles and two loading directions. The obtained results show that as the slope increases, it can cause greater lateral displacement and internal force of the pile. In addition, the increase of the slope ratio will cause the position of the maximum bending moment and soil resistance zero point of the pile to move downward, further increasing the pile deflection. Furthermore, when the pile distance from slope crest B < 7D, the displacement and internal force development of the pile under toward loading is more obvious. When the pile distance from the slope crest exceeds 7D, the effect of loading direction on the pile can be neglected.

Numerical Analysis of Laterally Loaded Piles Affected by Bedrock Depth

This study investigates the lateral behavior of pile foundations socketed into bedrocks using 3D finite difference analysis. The lateral load-displacement curve, pile deflection, and bending moment distribution were obtained for different bedrock depths between 3 and 20 m. It was discovered that bedrocks that have a depth of 7 m (7D) or less influence the lateral behavior of the pile. The p-y curves were collected at depths of 2.0–4.5 m, and the effect of the bedrock on the curves was evaluated. It was observed that the p-y curves were significantly affected by the material properties of the bedrock if the rock is located in close proximity (within 3D), but the effect is diminished if the p-y curves were 3.5 m (3.5D) or farther from the bedrock.

Nonlinear response of laterally loaded rigid piles in sliding soil

This paper proposes a new, integrated two-layer model to capture nonlinear response of rotationally restrained laterally loaded rigid piles subjected to soil movement (sliding soil, or lateral spreading). First, typical pile response from model tests (using an inverse triangular loading profile) is presented, which includes profiles of ultimate on-pile force per unit length at typical sliding depths, and the evolution of pile deflection, rotation, and bending moment with soil movement. Second, a new model and closed-form expressions are developed for rotationally restrained passive piles in two-layer soil, subjected to various movement profiles. Third, the solutions are used to examine the impact of the rotational restraint on nonlinear response of bending moment, shear force, on-pile force per unit length, and pile deflection. Finally, they are compared with measured response of model piles in sliding soil, or subjected to lateral spreading, and that of an in situ test pile in moving soil. The study indicates the following: (i) nonlinear response of rigid passive piles is owing to elastic pile–soil interaction with a progressive increase in sliding depth, whether in sliding soil or subjected to lateral spreading; (ii) theoretical solutions for a uniform movement can be used to model other soil movement profiles upon using a modification factor in the movement and its depth; and (iii) a triangular and a uniform pressure profile on piles are theoretically deduced along lightly head-restrained, floating-base piles, and restrained-base piles, respectively, once subjected to lateral spreading. Nonlinear response of an in situ test pile in sliding soil and a model pile subjected to lateral spreading is elaborated to highlight the use and the advantages of the proposed solutions, along with the ranges of four design parameters deduced from 10 test piles.

A new framework for analysis of laterally loaded piles

A new analysis framework is presented for calculation of the response of laterally loaded piles in multi-layered, heterogeneous elastic soil. The governing differential equations for the pile deflections in different soil layers are obtained using the principle of minimum potential energy after assuming a rational soil displacement field. Solutions for the pile deflection are obtained analytically, while those for the soil displacements are obtained using the finite difference method. The input parameters needed for the analysis are the pile geometry, soil profile and the elastic constants of the soil and pile. The method produces results with accuracy comparable to that of a three-dimensional finite element analysis but requires much less computation time. The analysis can take into account the spatial variation of soil properties along vertical, radial and tangential directions.