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In order to study the deformation mechanism of sand around the spudcan, the model test for spudcan-sand interaction was carried out by employing transparent media, which is also called “transparent soil”. By means of the technology of Particle Image Velocimetry, the displacement vector field and contour map of sand around the spudcan were obtained. Based on the theory of circular hole expansion and segmented displacement iteration algorithm, the load settlement variation law of pile shoes under static load was derived; Compared with the experimental results, it was found that the calculation error was approximately 11.7%. Calculate the theoretical displacement value of the soil around the pile shoe using the shallow strain path method; Compared with the experimental results, it was found that the calculation error was between 16.7% and 26.3%.
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This work was sponsored by projects (LY21E080007) supported by Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China.
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Xiao, Y., Zhou, ZJ., Zhong, FT. et al. Model Investigation on Spudcan-Sand Interaction Using Transparent Media. Geotech Geol Eng 42, 1259–1267 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10706-023-02617-z
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