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Measurements and predictions of vibration response of end-bearing pile group in soft clay due to vertical ground surface load
KTH, School of Architecture and the Built Environment (ABE), Civil and Architectural Engineering, Structural Engineering and Bridges.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4203-145X
KTH, School of Architecture and the Built Environment (ABE), Civil and Architectural Engineering, Structural Engineering and Bridges.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6875-2477
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Abstract [en]

Ground-borne vibration from roads or railways is a growing concern in the planning of new buildings in urban environments. Vibration assessment is often based on initial measurements of the free  eld vibrations to estimate building vibrations by either empirical or numerical procedures. Dynamic interaction between the soil and the foundation has an important influence on the transmitted vibrations, especially for embedded foundations, and should therefore be properly accounted for. This paper presents the results from a series of full-scale  field experiments that were performed to characterise the vibration response of an end-bearing pile group foundation in soft clay subjected to a dynamic load applied at the ground surface. Controlled dynamic excitation is applied vertically at the ground surface from 10 and 20 m horizontal distance usingan electrodynamic inertial shaker. Accelerations are measured at different construction stages: prior to construction, after driving of the piles and after completion of the pile cap. Predictions from a numerical model and from a hybrid method utilizing measurement data acquired in an earlier construction stage are both validated with the data from the field tests. Both the numerical and hybrid predictions successfully capture the vibration response of the foundation. The results also indicate that the relationship between the amplitudes of the vertical foundation and free field responses are independent of source-receiver distance, which justifies the use of adjustment factors to estimate foundation responses from measured free field vibrations.

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Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology Civil Engineering
Research subject
Civil and Architectural Engineering, Structural Engineering and Bridges
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-357826OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-357826DiVA, id: diva2:1921967
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QC 20241217

Available from: 2024-12-17 Created: 2024-12-17 Last updated: 2025-02-05Bibliographically approved
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1. Ground-borne vibration in end-bearing pile foundations: Numerical analyses and full-scale field tests
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Abstract [en]

Ground-borne vibration originating from roads or railways is a growing concern in the design of buildings in urban areas. For soft cohesive soils, which are particularly susceptible to ground-borne vibration, pile foundations are often used. In shallow formations of soft soil on till and bedrock, which are conditions encountered in densely populated areas in Sweden, the piles are designed as end-bearing to transfer loads to the bedrock. The transmission of vibrations to a building is governed by the interaction between the soil and the foundation. It is therefore essential that the dynamic interaction between the foundation and the soil is taken into account when predicting vibrations in buildings at a design stage.

This thesis aims to increase the understanding of ground-borne vibration transmission to end-bearing pile foundations and investigate how it can be taken into account in vibration assessment for buildings yet to be constructed. The problem is addressed through experiments and numerical simulations. A set of full-scale field tests are performed at a site with clay on till and bedrock to validate model predictions. Vibration measurements are performed in three stages of construction of a pile foundation: (1) at the free ground surface, (2) on the top of four end-bearing concrete piles and (3) on the concrete pile cap joining the piles together. Numerical models are implemented to investigate the influence of pile and soil parameters. The results are subsequently used to develop a simple approximation factor that can be used for estimating the foundation response from vibrations at the ground surface.

The main scientific contributions of this work is the experimental validation of models or predicting ground-borne vibrations in an end-bearing pile foundation and an investigation of the influence of pile and soil properties on dynamic pile-soil interaction. The results show that the vertical vibration level of piles is considerably affected by the fixation of the pile tip and the relationship between the pile axial stiffness and the stiffness of the soil. It is found that, in contrast to floating piles, the vertical response of end-bearing piles subjected to an incident wave field can be significantly affected by pile-soil-pile interaction. The field tests show that, if the dynamic properties of the soil can be accurately determined, a numerical model can predict the dynamic vibration response of the pile foundation with reasonable accuracy. This provides confidence in the results obtained from numerical models, motivating their use for vibration assessment.

Abstract [sv]

Omgivningsvibrationer från tåg och biltrafik är ett växande problem vid dimensionering av byggnader i stadsmiljö. I lösa kohesionsjordar, som är särskilt känsliga för sådana vibrationer, används ofta pålar vid grundläggning. Vid jordförhållanden med relativt grunda formationer av lös jord på morän och berg, vilket är vanligt förekommande i tätbefolkade områden i Sverige, används ofta spetsburna pålar. Transmissionen av vibrationer från jorden till en byggnad beror på interaktionen mellan jorden och byggnadens grundläggning. Det är därför viktigt att ta hänsyn till den dynamiska interaktionen mellan jord och grundläggning då man avser förutsäga vibrationer i en byggnad i dimensioneringssyfte.

Syftet med denna avhandling är att öka kunskapen kring transmissionen av markburna vibrationer till spetsburna pålfundament samt att undersöka hur hänsyn kan tas till dess inverkan i vibrationsutredningar. Frågeställningen adresseras genom både experiment och numeriska analyser. Fältförsök i full skala har utförts på en plats med lerjord på morän och berg för att validera numeriska prediktionsmodeller. Vibrations mätningar har utförts vid tre olika skeden vid installation av ett pålfundament: (1) på den fria markytan, (2) på fyra spetsburna betongpålar och (3) på pålfundamentet som sammanfogar pålarna vid markytan. Numeriska modeller har använts för att undersöka inverkan av parametrar för pålarna och jorden. Resultaten har därefter använts för att utveckla en approximativ reduktionsfaktor som appliceras på uppmätta vibrationer på markytan för att estimera vibrationer av spetsburna pålar.

Avhandlingen har resulterat i en validering av numeriska modellers använding för att förutsäga markburna vibrationer i spetsburna pålfundament samt en undersökning av hur pålarnas och jordens egenskaper påverkar den dynamiska interaktionen mellan spetsburna pålar och jord. Resultaten visar att överföringen av vertikala vibrationer från jorden till pålarna påverkas av förhållandet mellan jordens styvhet och pålens axialstyvhet. Resultaten visar även att interaktioner mellan pålar i en grupp påverkar den vertikala responsen orsakad av en dynamisk last på markytan. Fältförsöken visar att om jordens dynamiska egenskaper kan bestämmas med noggrannhet, ger prediktioner från numeriska modeller representativa resultat. Detta ökar tillförlitligheten till resultat erhållna från sådana numeriska modeller vilket motiverar deras användning vid vibrationsutredningar.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm: KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 2025. p. 65
Series
TRITA-ABE-DLT ; 2438
Keywords
Dynamic soil-structure interaction, Pile group, End-bearing pile, Pile-soil-pile interaction, Environmental vibration, ground-borne vibration, Dynamisk jord-struktur-interaktion, Pålgrupp, Spetsburna pålar, Omgivningsvibrationer, Markinducerade vibrationer
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Civil Engineering
Research subject
Civil and Architectural Engineering, Structural Engineering and Bridges
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urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-357829 (URN)978-91-8106-170-3 (ISBN)
Public defence
2025-01-31, B3, Brinellvägen 23, KTH Campus, https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/69844892559, Stockholm, 13:00 (English)
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Svenska Byggbranschens Utvecklingsfond (SBUF)Swedish Transport AdministrationVinnovaJ. Gust. Richert stiftelse
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Available from: 2024-12-17 Created: 2024-12-17 Last updated: 2025-01-09Bibliographically approved

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