支撑位置对基坑整体稳定性影响.pdf

25 1 Vol.25 No.1 2006 1 Chinese Journal of Rock Mechanics and Engineering Jan .2006 ( 300072) TU 473 A 1000 6915(2006)01 0174 05 STABILITY ANALYSIS OF FOUNDATION PIT WITH POSITION CHANGE OF BRACES LIU Run YAN Yue YAN Shu-wang (School of Civil Engineering Tianjin UniversityTianjin300072China) Abstract The retaining system of a foundation pit is a temporary structure. Retaining piles and continuous concrete walls have been widely used for simpler bearing mechanism with higher excavation efficiency and lower cost. Especiallythey have been used for spacious foundation pit with complicated shapes. Howeverit is reported that 43.86 percent of the foundation pit were caused by improper design method unstable bracing system and ignoring stability analysis of foundation pits. Accordinglyoptimum design of a foundation pit and the bracing system is an efficient method to avoid the pit failure and reduce project cost. As an example a deep foundation pit has been analyzed by means of elastoplastic finite element method. Stability analysis of the pit is performed with changing the positions of the braces. More attentions have been paid to the deformation and stress of the retaining structure and strength in the braces. Analytical results show that the bracing position change may bring little effect on stress ratio in soilsbut great effect on the position and value of the maximum displacement in the retaining wall. The maximum bending moment in the retaining wall will change with the bracing position. The axial force in the brace is sensitive to the bracing position. When the second brace is moved upwards the axial force in