Affiliation:
1. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Western University, London, ON N6A 5B9, Canada.
Abstract
Hollow bar micropile (HBMP) groups are used for supporting large loads as an alternative foundation option to large diameter drilled shafts. In such cases, it may be necessary to increase the micropile’s diameter by increasing the drill bit diameter (Db). This paper investigates experimentally and numerically the effect of increasing Dband micropile spacing on the group performance. A field load testing program was conducted on four groups of HBMPs installed in sand; each group comprised four micropiles arranged in a square configuration. All micropiles were constructed with the same size hollow bar, Dh= 51 mm; two groups comprised micropiles constructed with drill bit, Db= 115 mm, and two groups comprised micropiles constructed with drill bit, Db= 152 mm. One group of each set was installed with spacing to micropile diameter ratio, S/Db= 3 and the other group with S/Db= 5. In addition, full 3D finite element model (FEM) was developed and calibrated to simulate the behaviour of micropile groups and to evaluate the failure load for groups that were not loaded to failure. The results demonstrated that micropile groups constructed with the large diameter drill bits displayed higher stiffness and load carrying capacity than the groups constructed with small diameter bits, which confirms the effectiveness of using a larger drill bit. In addition, the group efficiency ratio values at both working load and ultimate capacity were found to be close to unity for all groups. The ultimate skin friction values of grouted micropiles obtained from this study were higher than the values suggested by the US Federal Highway Administration for medium to very dense sand. It was also found that the settlement of the 4-HBMP group increased by 25% to 33% over that of a single HBMP due to group effect.
Publisher
Canadian Science Publishing
Subject
Civil and Structural Engineering,Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology
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