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Field Validation of Soil Friction Transition During Suction Pile Installation

Y. Cho, S. Bang, S.R. Karnoski, Robert J. Taylor

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An analytical solution has been developed to simulate the suction pile installation in sand based on small-scale laboratory model tests. The analytical solution includes the concept of the mobilized effective soil friction angle ratio to describe the reduction in the soil strength and interface friction between pile and soil during the suction pile installation. To validate the analytical solution, 3 suction piles 1.5 m in diameter were tested in the field. During the pile installation, the relationships between the applied suction pressure and the resulting pile penetration were obtained and used for validation.

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Key concepts: Pile, Suction, Geotechnical engineering, Penetration (warfare), Friction angle, Engineering, Materials science, Mechanical engineering