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DEM investigation of sand response during displacement pile installation

Duan, N; Cheng, YP; Lu, M; Wang, Z; (2021) DEM investigation of sand response during displacement pile installation. Ocean Engineering , 230 , Article 109040. 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2021.109040. Green open access

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Abstract

Previous experimental and numerical studies indicate that the stress state of sand at a specific depth changes significantly during the installation of a displacement pile. At a given depth level, the horizontal stress in sand increases as the end of pile approaches and reduces as the pile continues to penetrate and go past the sand element. This horizontal stress reversal, together with the large-strain deformation of the sand at the pile shaft, may cause a reduced accuracy in the calculation of pile capacity. In this paper, the micro-mechanical behaviour of sand developed around pile shaft during the installation of a closed-ended pile was studied using the two-dimensional Discrete Element Method (DEM). Sand assembly was modelled as uncrushable discs, and the closed-ended pile was modelled as a rigid clump which was made of a large number of overlapped discs with a fixed distance. The sand responses in terms of stress, strain and volume changes during the monotonic jacking of the closed-ended pile were investigated. Simulation results revealed micro-mechanical behaviours of the sand in both the interface zone “B” adjacent to the pile shaft and the far field zone “A” away from the pile. It was shown that the sand along the pile shaft at a small normalised distance to pile tip was subjected to a volume reduction as the pile goes past. As the pile drives deeper, the sand at a larger normalised distance to pile tip exhibited dilation. This captured process will give insights to the degradation of shaft friction at a given sand horizon.

Type: Article
Title: DEM investigation of sand response during displacement pile installation
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2021.109040
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2021.109040
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Friction degradation, Displacement pile, Discrete element method, Sands
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Civil, Environ and Geomatic Eng
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10127509
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