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Reducing monopile rotation under lateral loading in sandy soils
Many structures (including transmission-line towers, bridges, tall buildings and coastal structures) are founded on piles, which are designed to transmit both vertical and horizontal forces, and resulting moments, to the load bearing strata. The design of such foundations for large lateral repeating loads (e.g. caused by wind, wave action, earthquake) and lateral earth pressures is a challenging task. This paper presents an experimental study that investigates the use of concentric rings (CRs) of small diameter (displacement) piles (SDPs) surrounding a monopile installed in dry sand, with the intention of limiting its rotation (lateral displacement) under repeated lateral loading. The test results showed that the rotation of the monopile, investigated for a range of different repeated lateral loading schemes, was reduced by 35‒75% on account of the densification of the sand achieved during installation of the SDPs and also the lateral confinement they provided to the sand located within the CRs. Significant increases to both the cyclic stiffness and load carrying resistance of the monopile under lateral loading are documented with the inclusion of the SDPs. Further experimental as well as numerical studies are necessary to validate this novel technique and to optimise the geometrical size and network pattern of the SDPs and the CRs.
Reducing monopile rotation under lateral loading in sandy soils
Many structures (including transmission-line towers, bridges, tall buildings and coastal structures) are founded on piles, which are designed to transmit both vertical and horizontal forces, and resulting moments, to the load bearing strata. The design of such foundations for large lateral repeating loads (e.g. caused by wind, wave action, earthquake) and lateral earth pressures is a challenging task. This paper presents an experimental study that investigates the use of concentric rings (CRs) of small diameter (displacement) piles (SDPs) surrounding a monopile installed in dry sand, with the intention of limiting its rotation (lateral displacement) under repeated lateral loading. The test results showed that the rotation of the monopile, investigated for a range of different repeated lateral loading schemes, was reduced by 35‒75% on account of the densification of the sand achieved during installation of the SDPs and also the lateral confinement they provided to the sand located within the CRs. Significant increases to both the cyclic stiffness and load carrying resistance of the monopile under lateral loading are documented with the inclusion of the SDPs. Further experimental as well as numerical studies are necessary to validate this novel technique and to optimise the geometrical size and network pattern of the SDPs and the CRs.
Reducing monopile rotation under lateral loading in sandy soils
Arshad, Muhammad (author) / O’Kelly, Brendan C. (author)
Geomechanics and Geoengineering ; 12 ; 14-27
2017-01-02
14 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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