Study on Anti-Uplift Effect of Micro-Steel-Pipe Pile on Red-Bedded Soft Rock Subgrade

Rui Zhang, Hui Luo, Zhengnan Liu () and Rusong Nie
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Rui Zhang: School of Traffic & Transportation Engineering, Changsha University of Science & Technology, Changsha 410114, China
Hui Luo: School of Traffic & Transportation Engineering, Changsha University of Science & Technology, Changsha 410114, China
Zhengnan Liu: Hunan Communications Research Institute Co., Ltd., Changsha 410075, China
Rusong Nie: MOE Key Laboratory of Engineering Structures of Heavy-Haul Railway, Central South University, Changsha 410075, China

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 19, 1-22

Abstract: To investigate the treatment effect of micro-piles on uplift deformation of red-bedded soft rock subgrade, an in-situ static load test of slurry injected steel pipe micro-piles with different length was carried out, the uplift bearing capacity and deformation characteristics of micro-piles were analyzed, and the load transfer function of pile lateral friction resistance was modified with the consideration of pile length. A numerical simulation method considering the variable shear stiffness at the pile-soil interface was established, and the inversion of the relevant material parameters was carried out based on the in-situ test results. Through numerical simulation, the effect of single piles with different pile lengths and group piles with different pile spacing on the treatment of the uplift deformation of the subgrade was investigated. Finally, the anti-uplift design method of micro-piles in red-bedded soft rock was proposed. The results show that the uplift bearing capacity increased nonlinearly with the increase in pile length, and the variation curve of pile lateral friction resistance with pile-soil relative displacement showed a hardened type. The predicted pile lateral friction resistance shows a good correlation with the measured result; all the correlation coefficients were greater than 0.81. The uplift deformation of subgrade without piles was radially distributed with the maximum value of 5.12 mm as the center. A single micro-pile with a length of 7 m or a rectangular array of group piles with a length of 7 m and a spacing of 3D could effectively decrease the maximum uplift deformation to less than 4.0 mm, which can meet the requirement of specification. Thus, the micro-piles could be used for controlling the uplift deformation of red-bedded soft rock subgrade, and this study can provide a reference for anti-uplift design in the distributed area of red-bedded soft rock.

Keywords: ground treatment; red-bedded soft rock; micro-pile; field test; uplift (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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