MU Rui, PU Shao-yun, HUANG Zhi-hong, et al. Determination of ultimate bearing capacity of uplift piles
in combined soil and rock masses[J]. 2019, 40(7): 2825-2837.
DOI:
MU Rui, PU Shao-yun, HUANG Zhi-hong, et al. Determination of ultimate bearing capacity of uplift piles
in combined soil and rock masses[J]. 2019, 40(7): 2825-2837.DOI: 10.16285/j.rsm.2018.0497.
Determination of ultimate bearing capacity of uplift piles
in combined soil and rock masses
In order to comprehensively explore the ultimate bearing capacity of uplift piles in combined soil and rock masses
combined with engineering geotechnical parameters and experimental data
the Flac3D numerical analysis software is adopted to carry out numerical simulation analysis to obtain the ultimate bearing capacity of uplift piles in the composite rock mass. The Kotter limit equilibrium passive equation is employed to solve the pull-out force provided by the soil layer. And based on the rock strength
the strength of the rock mass embedded in the rock pile can be determined by the Hoek-Brown failure criterion. In turn
the pull-out force of the rock mass embedded in the rock can also be obtained. In addtion
based on the principle of force balance
the ultimate bearing capacity of rock in lay uplift piles in the combined rock mass can be obtained by superimposing the pull-out resistance provided by failure rock layer and the rock mass on the gravity of failure cone. The theoretical calculation value obtained from the analytical formula is close to the numerical simulation analysis value in the case of small rock-socketed depth. However
with the increase of the rock-socketed depth
the theoretical calculation value fluctuates within a certain range around the experimental value. Therefore
combining with the numerical results
the theoretical formula of the ultimate bearing capacity is modified. Finally
by taking the consideration of the effect of rock wathering
rock-sockering depth
soil thickness and pile length
the improved ultimate bearing capacity analytical formula is obtained. The modified analytical formula is used to predict the ultimate bearing capacity of different uplift piles under different geological conditions. The predicted results show that the numerical simulation results are consistent with the theoretical calculation results
which means the analytical method of the ultimate bearing capacity of uplift piles in this paper is feasible. Based on a part of test result
the ultimate bearing capacity of different rock-socked piles with different rock-socked depths in similar projects can be determined by this method.