Buckling behavior of partially embedded （部分嵌入的屈曲行为）.pdf

VOL. 2, NO. 4, AUGUST 2007 ISSN 1819-6608 ARPN Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences ©2006-2007 Asian Research Publishing Network (ARPN). All rights reserved. www.arpnj BUCKLING BEHAVIOR OF PARTIALLY EMBEDDED REINFORCED CONCRETE PILES IN SAND 1 1 1 P. Senthil Kumar , K. Babu Karuppaiah and P. Parameswaran 1Department of Civil Engineering, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India. E-mail: psk@civ.psgtech.ac.in ABSTRACT This paper aims to unify the structural and geotechnical aspects of the partially embedded slender reinforced concrete pile-soil system together, specifically under eccentric loading, where eccentricity is inevitable in actual practice. Seven reinforced concrete specimens partially embedded in sand as foundation medium were tested with the various critical combinations of unsupported length, loading eccentricity and coefficient of horizontal subgrade modulus of the sand medium. In this study, a simple approach to predict the buckling capacity of an eccentrically loaded partially embedded reinforced concrete pile in sand is formulated using the conventional Davisson and Robinson method combined with the ACI’s flexural stiffness equation of the slender reinforced concrete column and also, introducing a reduction factor to account eccentricity. Comparison w