Axial cyclic loading of piles in low-to-medium-density chalk

Comprehensive field investigations into the axial cyclic loading behaviour of open steel pipe piles driven and aged in low-to-medium-density chalk identify the conditions under which behaviour is stable, unstable or metastable. Post-cycling monotonic tests confirmed that stable cycling enhanced pile...

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主要な著者: Buckley, RM, Jardine, RJ, Kontoe, S, Liu, T, Byrne, BW, McAdam, RA, Schranz, F, Vinck, K
フォーマット: Journal article
言語:English
出版事項: ICE Publishing 2023
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author Buckley, RM
Jardine, RJ
Kontoe, S
Liu, T
Byrne, BW
McAdam, RA
Schranz, F
Vinck, K
author_facet Buckley, RM
Jardine, RJ
Kontoe, S
Liu, T
Byrne, BW
McAdam, RA
Schranz, F
Vinck, K
author_sort Buckley, RM
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description Comprehensive field investigations into the axial cyclic loading behaviour of open steel pipe piles driven and aged in low-to-medium-density chalk identify the conditions under which behaviour is stable, unstable or metastable. Post-cycling monotonic tests confirmed that stable cycling enhanced pile capacity marginally, while unstable cases suffered potentially large losses of shaft capacity. Metastable conditions led to intermediate outcomes. The patterns by which axial deflections grew under cyclic loading varied systematically with the normalised loading parameters and could be captured by simple fitting expressions. Cyclic stiffnesses also varied with loading conditions, with the highest operational shear stiffnesses falling far below the in situ seismic test values. The monotonic and cyclic axial responses of the test piles were controlled by the behaviour of, and conditions within, the reconsolidated, de-structured, chalk putty annuli formed around pile shafts during driving. Fibre-optic strain gauges identified progressive failure from the pile tip upwards. Large factors of safety were required for piles to survive repetitive loading under high-level, two-way conditions involving low mean loads, while low-amplitude one-way cycling had little impact. A simple ‘global’ prediction procedure employing interface shear and cyclic triaxial tests is shown to provide broadly representative predictions for field behaviour.
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spelling oxford-uuid:7a7ea514-6fe7-43d0-a5b4-1d7dbc7a4b322024-06-12T10:38:44ZAxial cyclic loading of piles in low-to-medium-density chalkJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:7a7ea514-6fe7-43d0-a5b4-1d7dbc7a4b32EnglishSymplectic ElementsICE Publishing2023Buckley, RMJardine, RJKontoe, SLiu, TByrne, BWMcAdam, RASchranz, FVinck, KComprehensive field investigations into the axial cyclic loading behaviour of open steel pipe piles driven and aged in low-to-medium-density chalk identify the conditions under which behaviour is stable, unstable or metastable. Post-cycling monotonic tests confirmed that stable cycling enhanced pile capacity marginally, while unstable cases suffered potentially large losses of shaft capacity. Metastable conditions led to intermediate outcomes. The patterns by which axial deflections grew under cyclic loading varied systematically with the normalised loading parameters and could be captured by simple fitting expressions. Cyclic stiffnesses also varied with loading conditions, with the highest operational shear stiffnesses falling far below the in situ seismic test values. The monotonic and cyclic axial responses of the test piles were controlled by the behaviour of, and conditions within, the reconsolidated, de-structured, chalk putty annuli formed around pile shafts during driving. Fibre-optic strain gauges identified progressive failure from the pile tip upwards. Large factors of safety were required for piles to survive repetitive loading under high-level, two-way conditions involving low mean loads, while low-amplitude one-way cycling had little impact. A simple ‘global’ prediction procedure employing interface shear and cyclic triaxial tests is shown to provide broadly representative predictions for field behaviour.
spellingShingle Buckley, RM
Jardine, RJ
Kontoe, S
Liu, T
Byrne, BW
McAdam, RA
Schranz, F
Vinck, K
Axial cyclic loading of piles in low-to-medium-density chalk
title Axial cyclic loading of piles in low-to-medium-density chalk
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title_short Axial cyclic loading of piles in low-to-medium-density chalk
title_sort axial cyclic loading of piles in low to medium density chalk
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