Numerical Estimation of the Pile Toe and Shaft Unit Resistances During the Installation Process in Sands

Jakub Konkol

doi:10.1515/sgem-2015-0005

Abstract

Numerical simulations of a pile jacking were carried out. A Coupled Eulerian-Lagrangian (CEL) formulation was used to treat with large deformation problems. An Abaqus, a commercial Finite Element Method software suit, was used as a computing environment. The Mohr-Coulomb constitutive model was applied and the Coulomb model of friction was used to describe pile-soil interaction. Calculations were made for three different pile diameters. Toe and shaft unit resistances versus depth for each pile were investigated and plotted. CPT-based solutions were compared with the results of numerical simulations.

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Numerical Estimation of the Pile Toe and Shaft Unit Resistances During the Installation Process in Sands

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