• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제71권2호
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• pp.119-129
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• 2019

Optimum shape and length of laterally loaded piles can be obtained with different optimization techniques. In particular, the Fully Stress Design method (FSD) is an optimality condition that allows to obtain the optimum shape of the pile, while the optimum length can be obtained through a transversality condition at the pile lower end. Using this technique, the structure is analysed by finite elements and shaped through the FSD method by contemporarily checking that the transversality condition is satisfied. In this paper it is noted that laterally loaded piles with optimum shape and length have some peculiar characteristics, depending on the type of cross-section, that allow to design them with simple calculations without using finite element analysis. Some examples illustrating the proposed simplified design method of laterally loaded piles with optimum shape and length are introduced.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2010년도 춘계 학술발표회
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• pp.1051-1060
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• 2010

In this study, the pressuremeter test (PMT) and the standard penetration test (SPT) were performed on the lateral pile loading tests site to evaluate the coefficient of subgrade reaction, which is used for load-deformation behavior analysis of laterally loaded piles by elastic subgrade reaction method. As a result, widely used empirical formulas of the coefficient of subgrade reaction by N values of SPT is evaluated conservatively lateral behavior of piles. While the method of directly used PMT results and evaluation method of the coefficient of subgrade reaction considering deformation moduli of soil and a pile diameter that is able to estimate very similar to actual load-deformation behavior of laterally loaded piles in deformation range of 0.5%-1.0% of a pile diameter.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.529-537
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• 2009

A key parameter in the design of a laterally loaded pile is the determination of its performance level. Performance level of a pile is usually expressed as the maximum head deflection and bending moment. In general, uncertainties in the performance of a pile originates from many factors such as inherent variability of soil properties, inadequate soil exploration programs, errors taking place in the determination of soil parameters, limited calculation models as well as uncertainties in loads. This makes it difficult for practicing engineers to decide for the reliability of laterally loaded piles both in cohesive and cohesionless soils. In this paper, limit state functions and consequent performance functions are obtained for single concrete piles to predict the maximum bending moment, a widely accepted design criterion along with the permissible pile head displacement. Analyses were made utilizing three dimensional finite element method and soil-structure-interaction (SSI) effects were accounted for.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제7권6호
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• pp.679-703
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• 2014

This paper investigates nonlinear response of 51 laterally loaded rigid piles in sand. Measured response of each pile test was used to deduce input parameters of modulus of subgrade reaction and the gradient of the linear limiting force profile using elastic-plastic solutions. Normalised load - displacement and/or moment - rotation curves and in some cases bending moment and displacement distributions with depth are provided for all the pile tests, to show the effect of load eccentricity on the nonlinear pile response and pile capacity. The values of modulus of subgrade reaction and the gradient of the linear limiting force profile may be used in the design of laterally loaded rigid piles in sand.

• Coupled systems mechanics
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.59-78
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• 2012

The available analytical methods of analysis for laterally loaded piles in level ground cannot be directly applied to such piles in sloping ground. With the commercially available software, the simulation of the appropriate field condition is a challenging task, and the results are subjective. Therefore, it becomes essential to understand the process of development of a user-framed numerical formulation, which may be used easily as per the specific site conditions without depending on other indirect methods of analysis as well as on the software. In the present study, a detailed three-dimensional finite element formulation is presented for the analysis of laterally loaded piles in sloping ground developing the 18 node triangular prism elements. An application of the numerical formulation has been illustrated for the pile located at the crest of the slope and for the pile located at some edge distance from the crest. The specific examples show that at any given depth, the displacement and bending moment increase with an increase in slope of the ground, whereas they decrease with increasing edge distance.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제32권2C호
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• pp.79-84
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• 2012

말뚝에 작용하는 다양한 하중 및 현장시험결과를 통해 얻은 특정한 p-y 곡선을 적용하기에 적합한 횡방향말뚝 해석기법을 구축하였다. 구축된 해석기법을 다양한 문제에 적용하여 그 신뢰성을 검증하고 해석에서 고려한 인자들이 해석결과에 미치는 영향을 살펴보았다. 해석기법 적용시 절점간 거리가 말뚝지름의 1/2 정도일 때 해의 정확도가 높아짐을 알 수 있었다. 해석기법 적용을 통해 과다한 변위에 대해 안전한 말뚝길이 결정문제와 자립길이를 갖는 말뚝에 대하여 축력에 의한 좌굴을 검토해 보았다. 또한 옹벽 하부구조물로서의 말뚝의 말뚝머리 구속조건에 따른 해석결과를 비교하여 보았다. 개발된 해석기법은 상용 프로그램을 적용하는데 비해 해석자의 의도에 보다 적합한 유연한 해석수단이 될 것으로 생각된다.

• 한국지반공학회지:지반
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.37-46
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• 1986

본 연구는 사질토 지반내의 정적수평재대 pile의 거동을 예측하기 위해 g-y curve와 유한요소 비법에 의한 수치해석방법을 개발하기 위해 수행되었다. Winkier model에 의한 반력과 P-y curve에 의한 반력이 일치하는 soil modulus를 반복계산에 의하며 산정하였다. 유한요소기법에 의하여 각 절점간의 상호영향을 직접 고려할 수 있었다. 이 전산 Program을 과양제철소의 현장실측자료에 적용 하여 본 해석방법의 적합성을 검토하고 그 결과를 분석하였다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제68권1호
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• pp.121-130
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• 2018

This study deals with optimum geometry design of laterally loaded piles in a Winkler's medium through the Fully Stressed Design (FSD) method. A numerical algorithm distributing the mass by means of the FSD method and updating the moment by finite elements is implemented. The FSD method is implemented here using a simple procedure to optimise the beam length using an approach based on the calculus of variations. For this aim two conditions are imposed, one transversality condition at the bottom end, and a one sided constraint for moment and mass distribution in the lower part of the beam. With this approach we derive a simple condition to optimise the beam length. Some examples referred to different fields are reported. In particular, the case of laterally loaded piles in Geotechnics is faced.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제26권12호
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• pp.41-50
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• 2010

반복수평하중을 받는 말뚝의 거동은 정적하중을 받는 경우와 다르며, 지반 및 하중특성에 영향을 받는다. 본 연구에서는 모래지반에서 반복하중특성이 말뚝의 수평거동에 미치는 영향을 조사하기 위하여 가압토조를 이용한 모형말뚝 재하시험을 수행하였다. 실험결과에 따르면 반복수평하중을 받는 말뚝의 극한수평지지력은 하중의 반복재하횟수가 많아질수록 선형적으로 감소하였고 수평하중의 크기가 커질수록 조금씩 증가하였다. 그리고 수평하중의 반복재하횟수가 증가할수록 극한상태에서 말뚝에 발생하는 최대 휨모멘트는 감소했으나 그 발생위치는 말뚝 근입길이의 0.36배 되는 곳으로 일정하였다. 반면 반복수평하중의 크기가 증가하면 극한상태에서 말뚝의 최대 휨모멘트와 그 발생위치가 조금씩 증가하였으며, 반복수평하중은 정적하중에 비해 말뚝의 극한수평지지력과 극한상태에서 말뚝의 최대 휨모멘트를 감소시키는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 모형실험결과에 근거해서 조밀한 모래지반에서 반복수평하중을 받는 말뚝의 극한수평지지력을 산정할 수 있는 지지력산정식을 제안하였으며, 제안식으로부터 얻은 계산치를 실험치와 비교한 결과 제안식은 모형실험의 결과를 잘 반영하는 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2000년도 가을 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.237-244
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• 2000

Piles are often subjected to both axial and lateral loads. The nonlinear subgrade reaction method is widely used for the design of laterally loaded piles and in this approach the soil reaction is replaced with a series of independent nonlinear Winkler springs. In this study, Laterally loaded high strength H-piles were analyzed using a finite difference solution, and three p-y curve models with different k values(the coefficient of horizontal subgrade reaction, ［FL$\^$-3/］) were evaluated using data obtained from various field tests, and another analysis method using Q$\sub$g/ - y$\sub$g/ curve was developed. The results of this analysis were compared with the measured values to assess their applicability.