Lateral Behavior of Hybrid Composite Piles Using Prestressed Concrete Filled Steel Tube Piles

긴장력이 도입된 콘크리트 충전 강관말뚝을 사용한 복합말뚝의 수평거동 특성

Abstract

Concrete filled steel tube (PCFT) piles, which compose PHC piles inside thin steel pipes, were developed to increase the flexural strength of the pile with respect to the horizontal load. In order to compare the flexural strength of PCFT pile with that of steel pipe pile, several flexural tests were performed on the PCFT and steel pipe piles with the same diameter and the P-M curves for both piles were constructed by the limit state design method. Four test piles were also installed and lateral pile load tests were performed to compare the lateral load capacities and lateral behaviors of the hybrid composite piles using PCFT piles and the existing piles such as HCP and steel pipe piles. The flexural test results showed that the flexural strength of PCFT piles was 18.7% higher than that of steel pipe piles with thickness of 12mm and the same diameter, and the mid-span deflection of piles was 50% lower than that of steel pipe piles at the same bending moment. From the P-M curves, it can be seen that the flexural strength of PCFT piles subjected to the vertical load is greater than that of steel pipe piles, but the flexural strength of PCFT piles subjected to the pullout load is lower than that of steel pipe piles. In addition, field pile load tests showed that the PCFT hybrid composite pile has 60.5% greater lateral load capacity than the HCP and 35.8% greater lateral load capacity than the steel pipe pile when the length of the upper pile in hybrid composite piles was the same.

수평하중에 대한 말뚝의 휨강도를 증대시키기 위해 얇은 두께의 강관 내부에 PHC말뚝을 합성한 콘크리트 충전 강관(PCFT)말뚝이 개발되었다. PCFT말뚝의 휨강도를 강관말뚝과 비교하기 위하여 직경이 동일한 PCFT말뚝과 강관 말뚝에 대해 휨강도시험을 수행함과 동시에 한계상태설계법으로 P-M 상관도를 작도하였다. 그리고 PCFT말뚝의 하단에 PHC말뚝을 연결한 PCFT 복합말뚝의 수평지지력과 수평거동을 기존의 강관 복합말뚝(HCP) 및 강관말뚝과 비교하기 위하여 총 4본의 시험말뚝을 시공하고 수평재하시험을 수행하였다. 휨강도시험 결과 PCFT말뚝의 휨강도는 두께 12mm의 강관말뚝보다 18.7% 향상되었고, 동일한 휨하중에서 말뚝의 변위량은 강관말뚝보다 50% 감소하였다. 그리고 P-M 상관도로부터 연직하중을 받는 PCFT말뚝은 강관말뚝보다 휨내력이 크게 증가한 반면, 인발하중을 받는 PCFT 말뚝은 강관말뚝보다 휨내력이 감소함을 알 수 있었다. 또한 시험말뚝에 대한 수평재하시험의 결과에 따르면 상부말뚝의 길이가 동일한 경우 PCFT 복합말뚝은 HCP보다 수평지지력이 60.5% 컸고, 두께가 12mm인 강관말뚝보다 35.8% 큰 것으로 나타났다.

Fig. 1. Hybrid composite piles using steel pipes

Fig. 2. Structural detail of ICP piles

Fig. 3. Connecting device and head reinforcement of HCP

Fig. 4. Structural detail and picture of HCFT piles

Fig. 5. PCFT hybrid composite piles using PCFT piles

Fig. 6. Structural comparison of PCFT and ST, HCP, ICP piles

Fig. 7. Flexural test method for test piles

Fig. 8. LVDTs for measuring relative displacement between steel tube and inside composite PHC pile

Fig. 9. Flexural test results for test piles with a diameter of 500mm

Fig. 10. Stress-strain model for components of PCFT piles

Fig. 11. P-M curves of steel tube and PCFT piles

Fig. 12. Boring log and SPT result at test site

Fig. 13. Bolting type joint for connecting upper to lower piles

Fig. 14. Lateral pile load tests for test piles

Fig. 15. Lateral pile load test results

Fig. 16. Bending moment distribution of PCFT-1 and PCFT-2 piles at lateral load of 220kN

Table 1. Pile and installation conditions

Table 2. Allowable lateral load capacities and lateral displacements of test piles at loading steps