Bearing Characteristics of Moso Bamboo Micropile-Composite Soil Nailing System in Soft Soil Areas

Based on the characteristics of moso bamboo including high short-term strength, stable performance, and ability to provide temporary support for shallow foundation pits in soft soil, the stress characteristics and supporting effects of the ecological composite supporting system have been explored through model tests and numerical calculation analysis of the moso bamboo micropile-composite soil nailing structure. The results showed that the bamboo pile can effectively control the horizontal deformation of the side wall of the foundation pit and the ground surface settlement, achieving a relatively satisfactory supporting effect. Furthermore, the bamboo pile has visibly bent in middle and lower parts, where the regional shear point is most likely to appear, the axial force of the soil nail is distributed in an oval pattern with a smaller force on both sides and a larger force in the middle part, the maximum axial strain is 447.3 με, and the axial force of the soil nails in each row follows a similar trend. The synergy of piles and soil nails can delay the formation of the slip surface, therefore enhancing the overall bearing capacity of the foundation pit. These results can shed light on the support mechanism and engineering design of bamboo piles in shallow soft soil foundation pits.

Numerical Investigation of a Foundation Pit Supported by a Composite Soil Nailing Structure

In special geology conditions such as silt-soil, foundation pits are prone to instability and severe deformation. In this paper, a composite soil nailing structure was studied and its effect on a silt-soil symmetrical foundation pit investigated. The factors affecting the stability of the pit as well as its deformation characteristics were also explored. The results show that excavation depth of the foundation pit has a significant impact on its stability. The soil outside the foundation pit is in the form of a parabola, and the uplift of the soil mainly occurs at the bottom. The horizontal displacement of soil on the side wall of the foundation pit presents a “bulk belly” form. In addition, the axial force of soil nails is larger in the middle part, and smaller at both ends in the shape of a spindle. Moreover, the horizontal displacement is positively correlated with the inclination and spacing of the soil nails, but negatively correlated with the diameter and depth of the mixing pile inlay. Furthermore, the inclination and spacing of the soil nails, the diameter, and embedded depth of the mixing pile have their own critical values for stability of the foundation pit. Specifically, in this paper, with respect to soil nails, inclination should be below 30° and prestress value should not exceed 20 kN. With respect to the mixing pile, the diameter should be less than 1.5 m; when the embedded depth of the mixing pile exceeds the critical depth, the limiting effect of the mixing pile on horizontal displacement is not significant. This research provides important takeaways for the design of a composite soil nailing structure for symmetrical foundation pits.

Numerical Analysis of Composite Soil Nailing Wall

The horizontal displacement of soil in slope and the change law of ground surface settlement are dynamically analyzed by building three dimensional-model of foundation pit with the finite element software, ABAQUS, to simulate the construction process of excavation and support, to figure out the influence of micro pile and waterproof curtain on composite soil nailing wall. The study indicates that mechanical model of soil nailing, waterproof curtain, micro pile, pre-stressed anchor interacting with soil can better simulate the construction process of composite soil nailing wall support and have higher calculation accuracy. The calculation can provide a reference for the design and construction of composite soil nailing wall.

The Analys of Stability of Composite Soil Nail

Composite soil nailing technology is a new technology which developed on the basis of the soil nailing supporting technology. This new technology has a very important practical significance to the construction, for which the scale is larger and larger, the condition is more and more complex and the excavation of foundation is more and more deep. Composite soil nailing technique is mainly introduced in this paper by its main form of structure and the main principle, which draw a conclusion that different forms of the combination of support types have different effects on the stability of structure, by analyzing the support stability. This thesis shows that we should adjust measures to local conditions, choose the right organic combination. At the same time it also provides the basis for the practical application of engineering support.

Finite Element Simulation and Stability Analysis of Composite Soil Nailing

Under the condition of plane strain, a 2D elastoplastic FEM is used to analyze the behavior of composite soil nailing bracing of deep excavation, then finite element method of stability analysis is applied to evaluate the stability of the soil-nail wall. The authors analyzed the difference between composite soil nailing and normal soil nailing. Through analyzing the effect of bracing parameters on the deformation behavior and stability of the excavation, some useful conclusions are obtained to provide certain references for the design and construction of composite soil nailing.

Simulation Analysis on Tension and Deformation of Composite Soil Nailing

For studying the mechanism of the composite soil nailing, this paper applies FLAC-3D to simulate pure soil nailing, soil nailing-soil anchor, soil nailing-micro pile-soil anchor. The analytical results as follows: (1)Because of the anchoring of the anchor, the axial tension of soil nailing in each row is much smaller than the one in the pure soil nailing supporting, and the tension of soil nailing which are closed to soil anchor decreases obviously. (2)The extrusion action of prestressed anchor makes the potential slip surface backward shifts and the sliding radius increases, which is better for the stability of foundation pit side (3)Micro-pile increases the strength of the soil in a certain range and improves the initial stress field before the excavation. (4)The inner force of the whole soil nailing and the prestress anchor declines but the drop is not large after the establishment of the micro-pile support in advance. (5)Prestressed anchor and micropile play a very important role in controlling the deformation of foundation pit.