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Effect on Dynamic Behavior of Group Piles with Changing Thickness of Pile Cap

  • Jeong, Kusic (Byeokdong Construction Co., Ltd.) ;
  • Ahn, Sangro (Daejon Regional Cunstruction and Management Administration) ;
  • Kim, Seongho (Ssangyong Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd.) ;
  • Ahn, Kwangkuk (Chungbuk National University School of Civil Engineering)
  • Received : 2018.05.25
  • Accepted : 2018.06.29
  • Published : 2018.07.01
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Abstract

Instead of a single pile, group piles are usually used for the pile foundation. If the earthquake occurs in the ground where group piles are installed, dynamic behavior of group piles are affected not only by interaction of piles and the ground movement but also by the pile cap. However, in Korea, the pile cap influence is not taken account into the design of group piles. Research on dynamic behavior of group piles has been performed only to verify interaction of piles and the ground and has not considered the pile cap as a factor. In this research, 1g shaking table model tests were performed to verify the thickness of the pile cap affects dynamic behavior of group piles that were installed in the ground where the earthquake would occur. The test results show that, as thickness of the pile cap increased, acceleration and horizontal displacement of the pile cap decreasd while vertical displacement of the pile cap increased. The results also showed that, among the group files tested, acceleration, horizontal displacement, and vertical displacement of the bearing pile are smaller than those of the friction pile.

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