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Numerically modelling the installation and loading of screw piles using dem

Numerically modelling the installation and loading of screw piles using dem
Numerically modelling the installation and loading of screw piles using dem
In this paper a new numerical modelling technique for simulating the installation and loading of screw piles is described. The method uses the discrete element method (DEM) and in a single model is able to assess the installation requirements as well as the ultimate tensile and compressive capacity. Numerical modelling of screw piles has traditionally been conducted using finite element analysis (FEA), in which piles are wished in place into a soil body consisting of a meshed continuum. Although this has provided many insights into the capacity of screw piles and the mechanisms that form when they are loaded, they do not usually consider the effects of installation on the behaviour of the soil. Using 3D DEM calibrated against element tests and geotechnical centrifuge tests, it is now possible to assess the local changes in density and stress caused during the installation process and what effects this has on the capacity of screw piles.
Screw piles, DEM analysis, installation effects
101-108
Brown, Michael
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Sharif, Yaseen
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Ciantia, Matteo
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Knappett, Jonathan
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Davidson, Craig
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Cerfontaine, Benjamin
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Robinson, Scott
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Brown, Michael
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Sharif, Yaseen
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Ciantia, Matteo
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Knappett, Jonathan
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Davidson, Craig
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Cerfontaine, Benjamin
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Robinson, Scott
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Brown, Michael, Sharif, Yaseen, Ciantia, Matteo, Knappett, Jonathan, Davidson, Craig, Cerfontaine, Benjamin and Robinson, Scott (2019) Numerically modelling the installation and loading of screw piles using dem. In 1st International Symposium on Screw Piles for Energy Applications. pp. 101-108 .

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Abstract

In this paper a new numerical modelling technique for simulating the installation and loading of screw piles is described. The method uses the discrete element method (DEM) and in a single model is able to assess the installation requirements as well as the ultimate tensile and compressive capacity. Numerical modelling of screw piles has traditionally been conducted using finite element analysis (FEA), in which piles are wished in place into a soil body consisting of a meshed continuum. Although this has provided many insights into the capacity of screw piles and the mechanisms that form when they are loaded, they do not usually consider the effects of installation on the behaviour of the soil. Using 3D DEM calibrated against element tests and geotechnical centrifuge tests, it is now possible to assess the local changes in density and stress caused during the installation process and what effects this has on the capacity of screw piles.

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Published date: 27 May 2019
Keywords: Screw piles, DEM analysis, installation effects

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Local EPrints ID: 444211
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/444211
PURE UUID: f606efc2-c6e4-40dd-a84a-762018d38818
ORCID for Benjamin Cerfontaine: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-4833-9412

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Date deposited: 01 Oct 2020 16:34
Last modified: 13 Dec 2021 03:38

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Author: Michael Brown
Author: Yaseen Sharif
Author: Matteo Ciantia
Author: Jonathan Knappett
Author: Craig Davidson
Author: Scott Robinson

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