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Influence of dredger fill self-consolidation on development of negative skin friction of piles

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With the rapid development of land reclamation, a great amount of buildings are constructed on degree fill. Negative skin friction (NSF) caused by the self-consolidation of dredger fill has a significant influence on the stability of construction. Therefore, centrifuge model tests were conducted to investigate the influence of dredger fills thickness, pile top load, and piles radius on the self-consolidation of dredger fills, piles settlement, and NSF. The results show that pile top load is the main factor controlling the settlement of piles, and the settlement of piles increases with an increase of pile top load. Thickness of dredger fills has significant influence on its self-consolidation. Shaft friction increases with an increase of depth, and the increase rate is much higher when the dredger fills is thicker. Fitting formulas for maximal settlement of piles, maximal NSF, and neutral plane location in the dredger fill were also acquired, providing significant reference to practical engineering.

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This investigation was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (projects No. 41672274 and 41002093), the Natural science foundation of Shanghai (project No. 14ZR1442800), Opening fund of State Key Laboratory of Geohazard Prevention, Geoenvironment Protection (Chengdu University of Technology) (projects No. SKLGP 2014K013), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities. The authors are extremely grateful for the financial support from these four organizations.

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  1. Department of Geotechnical Engineering, College of Civil Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China

    Yao-hui Liu, Ping Yang, Shoubao Xue & Ya-fei Pan

  2. Key Laboratory of Geotechnical and Underground Engineering of Ministry of Education, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China

    Ping Yang

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Liu, Yh., Yang, P., Xue, S. et al. Influence of dredger fill self-consolidation on development of negative skin friction of piles. Arab J Geosci 13, 725 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-020-05739-3

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