Torsional piles in two layered non-homogenous soil
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Chow, Y.
F. Randolph, Mark
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C.S. Desai, et al.
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Response of a pile subjected to torsional loading is significantly affected by soil profile. To investigate this characteristic, pile-soil interaction may be modelled by a series of independent springs distributed along the pile shaft (Load transfer model). With this modelling, in this paper, analytical solutions are developed for the pile embedded in a two-layered soil profile. The soil stiffness of each layer is assumed to increase as a simple power law of depth, starting with any value at ground level. The solutions are expressed in terms of Bessel functions of non-integer order; and also presented in simplified expressions for some special cases. The solutions are verified using a spreadsheet, numerical program GASPILE, which is based on a non-linear load transfer model. They are further collaborated using more rigorous numerical approaches available for a two-layered homogenous soil. With the solutions, extensive parametric study was conducted and presented in non-dimensional charts, in order to show consistency among these solutions, significant influence of stiffness profile on torsional response, and to identify conditions of utilising these solutions. A case study is provided to illustrate the use of the current solutions, in particular for deducing soil modulus from torsional test results.
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International Journal of Geomechanics
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7
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6
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