Field Tests on Bearing Characteristics of X-Section Pile Composite Foundation
- 1 April 2012
- journal article
- Published by American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) in Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities
- Vol. 26 (2), 180-189
- https://doi.org/10.1061/(asce)cf.1943-5509.0000247
Abstract
To investigate the behavior of X-section cast-in-place concrete piles (XCC pile), a series of static load tests for piled foundation are conducted on the basis of a soft soil reinforcement engineering for a sewage treatment plant in the north of Nanjing, China. The testing results are presented in load-settlement curves, pile-soil stress ratios, distributions of skin friction (side friction) and axial force, and load-sharing between side resistance and end-bearing capacity. Comparative analysis between an XCC pile and a circular section concrete pile (circular pile) with the same cross-sectional area indicates that the XCC pile with its increased perimeter can improve the vertical-bearing capacity by 20% because of the larger skin friction. Also, the XCC pile shows increasing pile-soil stress ratio and reduces settlement. The existing design standards for traditional piles can be referenced by the XCC pile composite foundation, because the axial force and skin friction distribution are the same as...Keywords
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