考虑鼓胀变形的散体材料桩复合地基沉降计算

针对竖向荷载作用下靠近桩顶一定深度的范围内,桩体不仅会发生竖向压缩变形且会发生侧向鼓胀变形特性,基于荷载传递法,导出了竖向荷载作用下散体材料桩复合地基中的某根单桩的桩身压缩量计算公式,进而得到新的散体材料桩复合地基沉降计算公式.分析时,视散体材料桩为弹性均质体,根据广义胡克定律得到其应力应变关系;桩周土提供的侧向约束力为桩侧竖向力引起的侧向土压力,并考虑加筋垫层的侧向约束作用及其沿深度的传递对桩体侧向约束的有利影响.为验证本文方法的可行性,对某一工程实例进行分析,且与其它方法进行比较分析.结果表明:与常规计算方法相比,本文方法从荷载传递规律出发,可考虑鼓胀深度随桩顶竖向荷载的增加逐渐向深处发展的特点,更符合散体材料桩复合地基的实际受力变形状况.

Settlement Calculation of Granular Material Pile Composite Foundation with Consideration of Lateral Bulging

The granular material pile has its own deformation characteristics under vertical loads. The granular material pile shows not only a vertical compressive deformation but also a radial expansion near the top of the pile. According to the study of this load transfer mechanism, a new equation was developed to calculate the compressive deformation of a single granular material pile. On the basis of this investigation way, a new method to predict the settlement of the composite foundation reinforced by granular material piles such as stone columns was developed. In the analysis model, the granular pile was treated as an elastic material satisfying Hooke''s law, and the lateral confining support provided by the surrounding soil was assumed as lateral soil pressure. Further, the beneficial influence of the lateral restraint of the reinforced cushion as well as its development within depth on restricting the lateral bulging of the granular pile was taken into account. Finally, a case study was performed to validate the proposed method. The foundation settlements predicted by the proposed model were close to those of existing calculation methods. The prediction results indicate that the proposed method based on the load transfer mechanism is more practical because the proposed method can consider the variation law that the depth of lateral deformation of the pile increases with the increase of the vertical load acting on the top of the pile.