Equivalent Strips
Ratio de concentration de contraintes et mthode de conception pour les colonnes ballastes en
utilisant une analyse aux lments finis 2D avec des bandes quivalentes
Poon B., Chan K.
INTRODUCTION
d = diameter of
a = width of equivalent
stone column
strip in 2D FEA
(1)
where Asoil and Acolumn are the areas of the soil and column
inside a unit cell within the 2D strip as shown in Figure 1.
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=
4
2D strip
Asoil
Acolumn
(2)
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Clay:
E=3MPa,
=22,
c=1kPa, total = 17kN/m3
Column: E= 60MPa, = 40,
c= 0kPa, total = 22kN/m3
b/a = 2; Ec/Es = 10
b/a = 2.5; Ec/Es = 10
b/a = 3; Ec/Es = 10
2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
20kPa
60kPa
80kPa
100kPa
140kPa 120kPa
Stress Concentration n
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
Elastic 0
solution 1
nmax
40kPa
Fill
Load
b/a = 2; Ec/Es = 20
b/a = 2.5; Ec/Es = 20
b/a = 3; Ec/Es = 20
b/a = 2; Ec/Es = 30
b/a = 2.5; Ec/Es = 30
b/a = 3; Ec/Es = 30
B
C
3
5
7
40kPa
60kPa
80kPa
100kPa
120kPa
10
140kPa
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(for y/a )
(3)
4
6
-2
-4
-6
-8
Ecolumn=60MPa
Esoil=3MPa
b/a=2
Lower equal
settlement plane
-10
Ebase=50MPa
-12
-14
(a)
Ebase=200MPa
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
Stress concentration n
0
0
-2
-4
-6
-8
-10
-12
-14
-16
-18
-20
-22
-24
(c)
3.2
z / qa
Plastic
stress
point
(b)
column = 35
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
column = 40
Rigid
boundary
Stress Concentration n
0 2 4 6 8 1012141618202224
(b)
0 2 4 6 8 1012141618202224
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
Soil
Stress Concentration n
(a)
z / qa
z / qa
3.1
Ecolumn
FEA
Esoil
results
Ebase
Eq.3:=2.45, m = 9
Ebase = 50MPa
2
1
0
(b)
Eq3: =1.2, m = 27
Ebase = 200MPa
0
0.2
(a)
60
50
40
m
30
20
10
0
6
4
0.01
0.1
Ebase/Ecolumn
1 b/a = 3, Ebase/Esoil 10
4 b/a = 2, Ebase/Esoil 10
7 b/a 3,Ebase/Esoil 10
10
(b)
2 b/a = 3, Ebase/Esoil =2
5 b/a = 2, Ebase/Esoil =2
8 b/a 3, Ebase/Esoil =2
Elastic
solution
-2
20kPa
-4
40kPa
-6
-8Fill
-10
Load
(a)
-12
-14
60kPa 140kPa
(b)
-14
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Ebase/Ecolumn
3 b/a = 3, Ebase/Esoil =1
6 b/a = 2, Ebase/Esoil =1
9 b/a 3, Ebase/Esoil =1
0 2 4 6 8 10121416
3.3
7.5
6.5
5.5
4.5
3.5
2.5
1.5
0.5
b/d
2.0,
2.3,
2.9
2.0
ar
0.26,
0.19,
0.12
0.26
2.3
0.19
2.9
0.12
2.0
0.26
4 - 2D
FEA
2.3
0.19
Eblock=6MPa, cblock~1kPa, block = 30
(equiv.
2.9
0.12
Eblock=6MPa, cblock~1kPa, block = 30
block)
Soil surrounding columns are Esoil = 3MPa, csoil = 2kPa, soil = 26;
Soil beneath columns are Ebase = 3MPa, csoil = 5kPa, soil = 28
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6m
10m
~13m
Zone 1
Bulging
Axi-symmetric
250
230
210
190
170
150
10
15
20
25
30
Area replacement ratio ar
(d)
270
110
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
5
3
1
2
0
10
20
30
Area replacement ratio ar
(e)
Settlement at Point P
3D (100% )
2D_Strip (100%)
Zone 3
Zone 2
Bulging & Leaning
Leaning
(a) 3D FEA (Baseline Analysis 1) with cylindrical stone columns
Max vert.
Max vert. disp.
disp.
Q
3D (67%)
2D_Strip (67%)
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