Abstract
Bore Cast-in-place Piles broke the original water and heat balance state of the stratum in the bridge construction of Qinghai Tibet railway. The settlement of a bridge pile foundation was relatively large after more than ten years of operation. It was found that there is confined water in the foundation soil after investigation. Engineers planned to add auxiliary piles at the original pile side to reduce the settlement of the pile foundation.This paper studied the temperature change, bearing capacity formation rule and long-term bearing capacity change trend of the new pile-soil system after adding auxiliary piles on the original foundation, which provides certain theoretical basis and reference basis for engineering practice. A three-dimensional model of a bridge pile foundation was established by numerical method. Considering the influence of atmospheric temperature, hydrogeological conditions, concrete temperature into the mold, and the temperature of underground confined water, based on the heat transfer theory, the boundary conditions and initial conditions are given. The influence of the change of ground temperature field and the change of pile-soil interface temperature on the bearing capacity of the foundation was studied after the auxiliary pile was poured. The analysis shows that the measure to increase the bearing capacity by adding auxiliary piles is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, the auxiliary piles themselves constitute the bearing capacity together with the original pile foundation after thawing, on the other hand, the auxiliary piles are constructed by the method of pouring concrete in the field. The hydration heat of concrete makes the temperature of the original foundation soil rise, and reduces its bearing capacity. The whole bearing capacity will not be increased at the initial stage, but also will be temporarily reduced, and the whole bearing capacity will be formed after the frozen soil is frozen back in the later stage.
Highlights
Along with engineering activities conducted in permafrost regions of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the temperature of permafrost goes up, the active layer gets thicker, and the underground ice melts, and all these changes will jeopardize the stability of subgrade engineering
Since a vast amount of artificially filling pedestal piles have been applied during the construction of Qinghai-Tibet Railway, the frozen soil surrounding those piles can be thawed by the high temperature of casting concrete and heat of hydration, which will be frozen again over time
Based on the Design Specifications, they analyze the influence of the temperature field changes on the bearing capacity of single pile and the construction process during the single pile refreezing process, and the conclusion can serve as the theoretical basis for the formulation of bridge construction plans in permafrost regions; Guo et al.[2] come to the conclusion that solar radiation and climate warming can warm up the pile-soil interface and decrease the bearing capacity of single piles by applying the finite element analysis method; the longer the exposed pile is, the more the solar radiation is absorbed, the higher the temperature goes up, and the lower the bearing capacity is
Summary
Along with engineering activities conducted in permafrost regions of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the temperature of permafrost goes up, the active layer gets thicker, and the underground ice melts, and all these changes will jeopardize the stability of subgrade engineering. Based on the Design Specifications, they analyze the influence of the temperature field changes on the bearing capacity of single pile and the construction process during the single pile refreezing process, and the conclusion can serve as the theoretical basis for the formulation of bridge construction plans in permafrost regions; Guo et al.[2] come to the conclusion that solar radiation and climate warming can warm up the pile-soil interface and decrease the bearing capacity of single piles by applying the finite element analysis method; the longer the exposed pile is, the more the solar radiation is absorbed, the higher the temperature goes up, and the lower the bearing capacity is. This paper, after taking consideration of solar radiation, air convection, temperature of casting concrete and underground confined water, and based on the heat transfer theory, deals with the influence of changes of geothermal field upon the construction of auxiliary piles and temperature changes of pile-soil interface on the bearing capacity of the foundation at the regions of Qinghai -Tibet Plateau with classic humid climate under warm season
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