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Soldierpilewallexcavationanalyzedwithlimitequilibrium andnonlinearanalysismethods
DeepXcavsoftwareprogram(Version2011) (ParatiePluswithinItaly) DocumentVersion1.0 Issued:2August2012 DeepExcavationLLC www.deepexcavation.com
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Figure1:Modeloftheproblem. Table1:Soilproperties. Soil Layer F Designparameter dry ELOAD (pcf) (ksf) (pcf) 120 120 313
(deg) 30
C (psf) 0
Table2:Wallparameters. Soldierpilesection Soldierpilespacing Walldepth Steel Lagging HP12x74 7ft 25ft A50 2intimberlagging
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Figure2:SelecttouseEnglishunits.
Figure4:Soilpropertiesdialog.
nOCR ParametersthatareusedinthenonlinearanalysismethodarepresentedinTable5.The>buttonsnext to each parameter can be used to estimate a soil property from available test data (SPT or CPT). For soils,ingeneral,theexponentialsoilmodeltendstoofferthemostrealisticapproachasitcapturesnon linearsoilbehavior. Table5:Elastoplasticsoilparameters. Symbol Description Evc Virgincompressionmodulusofelasticity Eur Reloadingelasticitymodulus Eload Loadingelasticitymodulus exp Exponent av Coefficientforverticalstress ah Coefficientforhorizontalstress Pref Referencepressure Eur Reloadingelasticitymodulus Kvc Loadingsubgradereactionmodulus kur Reloadingsubgradereactionmodulus
Elasticplasticsoil behavior
Exponentialsoil behavior
Subgrademodulussoil behavior
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Figure6:Walldatadialog.
Figure8:Editsurchargepropertiesdialog. Inconstructionstage2weaddatiebacksupport.Thiscanbedonebypressingthebutton fromthe toolbar on the left side of the screen and by clicking first on the wall and next to the ground. Then, the Edit support data dialog appears (Figure 9). In this dialog we can define the exact coordinates of the tiebacks place on the wall, the tiebacks free and fixed length, the spacing between the tiebacks, the installation angle and the prestress that will be used for this tieback only for this stage. Figure 10 presentsthemodelasinitiallysetupwithourassumptions.
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Figure9:Editsupportpropertiesdialog.
Figure10:ModeloftheprograminDeepXcav. Next,wechoosetousewallfrictionasapercentageofavailablesoilfriction(50%).Weapplythisoption in the Analysis tab of DeepXcav (Figure 11a). In addition, we choose to apply US allowable code settings intheavailableoptionintheDesigntabofDeepXcav(Figure11b).
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Figure11a:Wallfriction.
Finally,inthelaststage(Stage3)wechoosetochangetheDrivepressurestoPeck,fromtheanalysistab ofDeepXcav(Figure12).
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Figure12:UsePeck1969ApparentfordrivepressuresinStage3. Byrightclickingwiththe mouseinthedesignsectionsareaontheleftsideofthescreenwecanchoose to Edit the section name. We change it to LimitEquilibrium. Next, by rightclicking once again we choose to add as new section, and rename it to Nonlinear (Figures 13a and 13b). Now, we have to identicaldesignsections.
Figure13a:Renameandaddingnewdesignsections.
Figure13b:Theeditsectionnamedialog. In the Limit Equilibrium design section, we apply the limit equilibrium method from the analysis tab of DeepXcav(Figure14). Created by Deep Excavation LLC, Astoria, New York Page 10
Figure14:LimitEquilibriummethod. IntheNonlineardesignsection,weusethebeamonelastoplasticfoundationmethodfromtheanalysis tab of DeepXcav (Figure 15). A Mesh Delta of 0.25 ft will be used in this example for the nonlinear analysis. The Mesh Delta controls the number of nodes created along the wall for the nonlinear analysis.
Figure15:Beamonelastoplasticfoundations(nonlinear)method.
17a.LimitEquilibrium17b.Nonlinear Figure17:WallembedmentSafetyFactorsforbothdesignsections,stage3.
Stage1Stage2 Figure18:WallmomentdiagramsforLimitEquilibriumanalysisdesignsection.
Stage2Stage3 Figure19:WallmomentdiagramsforNonlinearanalysisdesignsection.
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Stage1Stage3 Figure20:WallsheardiagramsforLimitEquilibriumanalysisdesignsection.
Stage2Stage3 Figure21:WallsheardiagramsforNonlineardesignsection.
Stage1Stage3 Figure22:WalldisplacementsforLimitEquilibriumanalysisdesignsection.
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Stage2Stage3 Figure23:Walldisplacementsfornonlinearanalysisdesignsection.
Stage1Stage3 Figure19:SoileffectivehorizontalstressesforLimitEquilibriumanalysisdesignsection.
Stage0Stage3 Figure20:SoileffectivehorizontalstressesforNonlinearanalysisdesignsection.
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Stage2Stage3 Figure21:SoileffectiveverticalstressesforNonlinearanalysisdesignsection.
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