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Flexible support of a pile embedded in unsaturated soil under Rayleigh waves
Authors:Zijian Yang  Wenbing Wu  Hao Liu  Yunpeng Zhang  Rongzhu Liang
Institution:1. Faculty of Engineering, Zhejiang Institute, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, Hubei, China;2. Faculty of Engineering, Zhejiang Institute, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Guangxi Key Laboratory of Disaster Prevention and Structural Safety, College of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, China;3. Faculty of Engineering, Zhejiang Institute, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Geotechnical Research Centre, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

Abstract:Under the action of Rayleigh waves, pile head is easy to rotate with a concrete pile cap, and pure fixed-head condition is rarely achieved, which is a common phenomenon for it usually occurs on the precast piles with insufficient anchorage. In addition, the propagation characteristics of Rayleigh wave have been changed significantly due to the existence of capillary pressure and the coupling between phases in unsaturated soil, which significantly affects the pile-soil interaction. In order to study the above problems, a coupled vibration model of unsaturated soil–pile system subjected to Rayleigh waves is established on the basis that the pile cap is equivalent to a rigid mass block. Meanwhile, the soil constitution is simplified to linear-elastic and small deformations are assumed to occur during the vibration phase of soil–pile system. Then, the horizontal dynamic response of a homogeneous free-field unsaturated soil caused by propagating Rayleigh waves is obtained by using operator decomposition theory and variable separation method. The dynamic equilibrium equation of a pile is established by using the dynamic Winkler model and the Timoshenko beam theory, and the analytical solutions of the horizontal displacement, rotation angle, bending moment and shear force of pile body are derived according to the boundary conditions of flexible constraint of pile top. Based on the present solutions, the rationality of the proposed model is verified by comparing with the previous research results. Through parametric study, the influence of rotational stiffness and yield bending moment of pile top on the horizontal dynamic characteristics of Rayleigh waves induced pile is investigated in detailed. The analysis results can be utilized for the seismic design of pile foundation under Rayleigh waves.
Keywords:flexible constraint  horizontal vibration  rayleigh waves  Timoshenko beam  unsaturated soil
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