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Effect of soil moisture content on the bearing capacity of small bored piles in the unsaturated soil of Maringá, Paraná, Brazil

Ricken Marques, Verônica ; Belincanta, Antonio ; Beroya-Eitner, Mary Antonette ; Almada Augusto, Jorge Luis ; Guelssi, Ewerton ; Zachert, Hauke (2021)
Effect of soil moisture content on the bearing capacity of small bored piles in the unsaturated soil of Maringá, Paraná, Brazil.
PanAm-Unsat 2021: 3rd Pan-American Conference on Unsaturated Soils. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Online) (25.-28.07.2021)
doi: 10.1051/matecconf/202133703006
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In this study, the influence of soil moisture on the bearing capacity of piles founded in an unsaturated clay soil was investigated. The soil studied, composing the upper soil layer in Maringá, Brazil, is lateritic, has degree of saturation between 37% and 70% and has collapsible behaviour when wet. The bearing capacity was determined by full-scale load tests following the Brazilian Standard for Static Load Test. Two pile lengths, 4 m and 8 m, were considered. To analyse the influence of soil moisture, two tests were performed for each pile length: one in soil in its natural moisture content and another in pre-moistened soil. Results show that for both pile lengths, an increase in water content caused a significant reduction in bearing capacity, which is attributed to the decrease in the matric suction of the soil. This is confirmed by the results of the initial evaluation made on the variation of matric suction and its contribution to the bearing capacity with changes in water content. In summary, this study confirms that the pile bearing capacity in unsaturated soil is dependent on soil water content, highlighting the fact that the approach of assuming full saturation condition in the evaluation of the pile bearing capacity in such soil may give erroneous results. Moreover, this study demonstrate that the empirical methods most commonly used in Brazil for pile bearing capacity determination, the Décourt & Quaresma and Aoki & Velloso methods, are overly conservative when applied to the Maringá soil.

Typ des Eintrags: Konferenzveröffentlichung
Erschienen: 2021
Autor(en): Ricken Marques, Verônica ; Belincanta, Antonio ; Beroya-Eitner, Mary Antonette ; Almada Augusto, Jorge Luis ; Guelssi, Ewerton ; Zachert, Hauke
Art des Eintrags: Bibliographie
Titel: Effect of soil moisture content on the bearing capacity of small bored piles in the unsaturated soil of Maringá, Paraná, Brazil
Sprache: Englisch
Publikationsjahr: 2021
Ort: Darmstadt
Verlag: EDP Sciences
Titel der Zeitschrift, Zeitung oder Schriftenreihe: MATEC Web of Conferences
Buchtitel: MATEC Web of Conferences
Band einer Reihe: 337
Kollation: 8 Seiten
Veranstaltungstitel: PanAm-Unsat 2021: 3rd Pan-American Conference on Unsaturated Soils
Veranstaltungsort: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Online)
Veranstaltungsdatum: 25.-28.07.2021
DOI: 10.1051/matecconf/202133703006
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Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract):

In this study, the influence of soil moisture on the bearing capacity of piles founded in an unsaturated clay soil was investigated. The soil studied, composing the upper soil layer in Maringá, Brazil, is lateritic, has degree of saturation between 37% and 70% and has collapsible behaviour when wet. The bearing capacity was determined by full-scale load tests following the Brazilian Standard for Static Load Test. Two pile lengths, 4 m and 8 m, were considered. To analyse the influence of soil moisture, two tests were performed for each pile length: one in soil in its natural moisture content and another in pre-moistened soil. Results show that for both pile lengths, an increase in water content caused a significant reduction in bearing capacity, which is attributed to the decrease in the matric suction of the soil. This is confirmed by the results of the initial evaluation made on the variation of matric suction and its contribution to the bearing capacity with changes in water content. In summary, this study confirms that the pile bearing capacity in unsaturated soil is dependent on soil water content, highlighting the fact that the approach of assuming full saturation condition in the evaluation of the pile bearing capacity in such soil may give erroneous results. Moreover, this study demonstrate that the empirical methods most commonly used in Brazil for pile bearing capacity determination, the Décourt & Quaresma and Aoki & Velloso methods, are overly conservative when applied to the Maringá soil.

Sachgruppe der Dewey Dezimalklassifikatin (DDC): 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 550 Geowissenschaften
Fachbereich(e)/-gebiet(e): 13 Fachbereich Bau- und Umweltingenieurwissenschaften
13 Fachbereich Bau- und Umweltingenieurwissenschaften > Institut für Geotechnik
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