简介:Asaspecialgeologicalphenomenon,thecharacterofcollapsibleloessfoundationiscollapsiblewhenpenetratedbywater.Thischaracterleadstothesoillosingloadbearingcapacitylargelyandmayleadtofoundationfailure.Pileisapopularfoundationusedincollapsibleloess.Thesqueezedbranchandplatepileisanewtypeofpiledevelopedinrecentyearsandhasnotbeusedinaprojectbefore.Inthispaperthreesqueezedbranchandplatepilesaretestedincollapsibleloessafterimmersionprocessing.Theresultsmaybeusedforreferenceinsimilarconstructionproject,andtoprovidetheoreticalreferencesforde-signingofthesqueezedbranchandplatepilesinengineeringpractice.
简介:AnumberofdrybridgeshavebeenbuilttosubstitutefortheroadbedontheQinghai-TibetRailway,China.Theaimofthisstudywastoinvestigatetheexothermicprocessofcast-in-place(CIP)pilefoundationofadrybridgeanditsharmtothestabilityofnearbyfrozenground.Wepresent3Dheatconductionfunctionsofaconcretepileandoffrozengroundwithrelatedboundaries.Ouranalysisisbasedonthetheoryofheatconductionandtheexponentlawdescribingtheadiabatictemperaturerisecausedbyhydrationheat.ResultsundercontinuousandinitialconditionswerecombinedtoestablishafiniteelementmodelofaCIPpile-frozengroundsystemforadrybridgeunderactualfieldconditionsincoldregions.NumericalresultsindicatedthattheprocesscouldeffectivelysimulatetheexothermicprocessofCIPpilefoundation.ThermaldisturbancetofrozengroundunderalongdrybridgecausedbythecastingtemperatureandhydrationheatofCIPpileswassubstantialandlong-lasting.Thesimulatedthermalanalysisresultsagreedwithfieldmeasurementsandsomesignificantrulesrelatingtotheproblemwerededucedandconclusionsreached.