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Assessing the influence of liquefied soil resistance on the critical axial load of rock-socketed piles: shake-table test and numerical analyses

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Recently, the buckling failure of piles in liquefiable soils has attracted considerable critical attention. Several studies have documented that a pile may fail by buckling under large axial loads, since liquefied soil cannot offer sufficient support to the pile. However, the precise effect of the residual strength of liquefied soil on the buckling failure of piles remains poorly understood. This study utilized the shake-table test and numerical analysis methods to investigate the influence of the liquefied soil resistance on the critical axial load of rock-socketed piles. A buckling analysis approach to accurately estimate the critical axial load of piles is proposed based on the nonlinear p–y analysis method. The results show that the critical axial load calculated by considering the liquefied soil resistance is larger than that calculated without considering the liquefied soil resistance, and an empirical formula is proposed to quantitatively evaluate the impact of the liquefied soil resistance on the critical axial load. This study provides a more accurate and straightforward method to estimate the critical axial load of piles in the liquefiable zone to avoid the buckling failure of piles.

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This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41902287, 52020105002, 51808307, and 42072310), the Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangdong Province (2020A1414010284), and the Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangzhou (202102010436).

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    Lei Su, Peng Zhang & Xianzhang Ling

  3. School of Civil Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150090, China

    Liang Tang & Xianzhang Ling

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Zhang, X., Su, L., Zhang, P. et al. Assessing the influence of liquefied soil resistance on the critical axial load of rock-socketed piles: shake-table test and numerical analyses. Acta Geotech. 16, 3975–3990 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11440-021-01357-9

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