Finite Element Analysis of Pile Installation Using Large Slip Frictional Contact外语英文电子书.pdfVIP

Computers and Geotechnics 32 (2005) 17–26 /locate/compgeo Finite element analysis of pile installation using large-slip frictional contact Daichao Sheng a,*, K. Dieter Eigenbrod b, Peter Wriggers c a School of Engineering, The University of Newcastle, NSW 2308, Australia b Department of Civil Engineering, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ont., Canada c Institut fuer Baumechanik und Numerische Mechanikt, University of Hannover, Germany Received 11 May 2004; received in revised form 8 October 2004; accepted 14 October 2004 Available online 15 December 2004 Abstract This paper presents some observations on stress and displacement characteristics during the installation and loading of pushed-in piles. A commercial finite element code with the capability of simulating large-strain frictional contact between two or more solid bodies is used to simulate the pile installation and pile loading. The soil is treated as a modified Cam clay material, whereas the pile is treated as a rigid body. The computed total resistance and shaft resistance during pile installation are first compared with measured values from centrifuge tests, which indicates that the total resistance is well predicted by the finite element model, but not the shaft resistance. The difference between the computed shaft resistances and the measured values is mainly due to the cone effects intro- duced in the finite element model. The computed stress paths indicate that both the mean and deviator stresses first increase when the pile cone is above or at the level of