Abstract
In soft soil or karst areas, several problems exist, such as the poor properties of the pile tip bearing layer or difficulties in cutting the rock. Using multi-tooth piles, end-bearing piles can be turned into friction piles to solve these problems. Through the scale model device, three variables: the bearing layer, tooth length, and tooth number, are designed to experimentally explore the load-bearing behaviour of multi-tooth piles under different bearing layer conditions. The test results show that the model pile has better anti-settlement performance in the sand bearing layer than in the red clay bearing layer. Compared with smooth piles, multi-tooth piles can greatly improve the bearing capacity of pile foundations in bearing layers with poor stiffness. The tooth length and tooth number greatly impact the compressive bearing capacity and the pile-side resistance of the multi-tooth pile, respectively. The concept of roughness is innovatively introduced to quantify the roughness of pile surfaces, which provides an effective method for the subsequent experimental and theoretical research of multi-tooth piles and other similar piles with small cross-section modifications. This study can enrich the research field of small, modified cross-section piles and provide a reference for innovative research on pile foundations.
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This work was financially supported by the Natural Science Youth Foundation of Hainan Province (No.520QN283), Postgraduate Scientific Research Innovation Project of Hunan Province (No.CX20210774), Hainan Provincial Key R&D Program (No.ZDYF2017097), which are all greatly appreciated.
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Du, P., Fu, Y.J., Liu, X.L. et al. Model Test Study on the Load-bearing Behaviour of Multi-tooth Piles under Different Bearing Layers. KSCE J Civ Eng 27, 955–965 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12205-023-1734-0
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