Assessment and Evaluation of Post-Liquefaction Lateral Spread Impact on Bridge Deep Foundations

Durability and serviceability of bridges and their deep foundations could be highly influenced by the downdrag forces acting on the pile foundation due to the inundation of existing collapsible soil layers and resulting large soil settlement around the piles. The analysis of the bridge deep foundations under downdrag forces triggered by the inundation of collapsible of collapsible soils carries a lot of ambiguity and uncertainty. Current practice focuses on the assessment of downdrag force caused by the consolidation settlement of clay layers based on the distribution of fully mobilized downdrag force and resistance along the pile. The proposed research work determines the excessive settlement of collapsible soil caused by the inundation of the soil based on a number of basic properties of the collapsible soils such as the soil’s initial void ratio, degree of saturation, uniformity coefficient, dry unit weight and collapse potential. Such an excessive soil settlement is employed in the proposed pile-soil model to assess the downdrag force acting on the pile skin and the associating pile axial response considering the pile-soil relative settlement and mobilized pile-soil resistance. The proposed model combines the pile-head axial load from the superstructure along with the developing downdrag force and mobilized pile-soil resistance above and below the neutral plane, respectively, based in the pile-soil interaction. The developed pile-soil model is compiled into a computer code with a user-friendly graphical interface for input and output data. The proposed model will be validated through case studies available in the literature.

• Record URL:
  https://tridurle.wsu.edu/assessment-and-evaluation-of-post-liquefaction/

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $98560
• Contract Numbers:

  69A3551947137

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Alabama A&M University, Normal

  Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering
  Normal, Alabama  United States  35762

  Transportation Infrastructure Durability & Life Extension

  Washington State University
  Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
  Pulman, Washington  United States  99163

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Managing Organizations:

  Transportation Infrastructure Durability & Life Extension

  Washington State University
  Civil & Environmental Engineering
  Pullman, Washington  United States  99164
• Project Managers:

  Kline, Robin

• Performing Organizations:

  Alabama A&M University, Normal

  Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering
  Normal, Alabama  United States  35762
• Principal Investigators:

  Ashour, Mohamed

  Bhattacharjee, Sudip

• Start Date: 20201001
• Expected Completion Date: 20230930
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers
• Subprogram: Transportation Infrastructure Durability and Life Extension

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge bearings; Collapsible soils; Downwash; Durability tests; Pile foundations; Serviceability; Settlement (Structures); Software
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Geotechnology; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01773421
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: National Center for Transportation Infrastructure Durability and Life-Extension
• Contract Numbers: 69A3551947137
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: May 28 2021 7:05PM