《Prediction_of_load_displacement_response_of_single_piles_under_uplift_load》.pdf

Geotech Geol Eng (2007) 25:57–64 DOI 10.1007/s10706-006-0006-3 ORIGINAL PAPER Prediction of load displacement response of single piles under uplift load Shubhra Goel Æ Nihar Ranjan Patra Received: 23 July 2005 / Accepted: 7 April 2006 / Published online: 23 September 2006 Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2006 Abstract Load displacement response and ulti- f max Maximum unit shaft resistance mate resistance of piles in sand under uplift load mobilized are predicted by load transfer approach. The pile Ku Coefficient of lateral earth pressure in is divided into number of segments and assigned uplift geometrical and material properties according to Ln Length of segment actual soil pile situation. The shaft resistance is Qtip(n) Tip load for segment n obtained analytically in accordance with existing Qtop(n) Load for segment n at head studies. The proposed method takes into account Smid(n) Upward movement for segment n at the length, diameter and relevant surface char- mid point acteristics of pile and soil properties. The load Sn Shaft resistance of segment displacement characteristics and the value of Stip(n) Upward tip movement for segment n uplift capacity of vertical piles from field test have z Amount of pile movement been predicted. Reasonable agreement has been zs Critical shaft displacement at which found out between predicted and observed values the maximum unit shaft resistance is of uplift capacity. Load transfer mechanism is mobilized capable of predicting the nonlinear variation of d Soil pile friction angle load-displacement response of piles.