Effect of Permafrost on Seismic Performance of Railway Bridge Pile Foundation with Elevated Cap

Author:

Zhang Xiyin12,Guan Jiada1,Chen Xingchong1,Pei Wansheng2,Yu Shengsheng1,Wang Yi1,Wang Wanping1

Affiliation:

1. School of Civil Engineering, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou 730070, P. R. China

2. State Key Laboratory of Frozen Soil Engineering, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environmental and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China

Abstract

Pile foundation with elevated cap is always applied for railway bridges in permafrost region to minimize the thermal disturbance to vulnerable permafrost. Permafrost can influence the failure characteristics of the pile foundation under earthquakes and complicate the seismic performance evaluation of railway bridges with pile foundations in seismically active zones. Quasi-static tests of reduced scale models were carried out to investigate failure characteristics and hysteretic behaviors of the pile foundation with elevated cap in permafrost. Test results showed that the existence of permafrost can increase the stiffness of the foundation soil and then inhibit crack propagation of the unfrozen topsoil around the bridge pile foundation. Quite differently from the pile foundation in unfrozen soils, severer damages occurred at the pile foundation in soils with permafrost. Thus, the topsoil crack will be mitigated while the pile failure will be aggravated if strong earthquake occurs in permafrost regions for railway bridge pile foundation with elevated cap. Otherwise, the permafrost significantly influenced the loading bearing capacity and deformation features of the pile-soil interaction (PSI) system under seismic loads. The PSI system with permafrost has better energy dissipation than that with unfrozen soils due to the severe damage of the pile foundation. A simplified formula was developed to estimate the equivalent stiffness of the PSI system. It is indicated that the stiffness of the PSI system with permafrost degraded more severely than that with unfrozen soils. Therefore, permafrost effect cannot be neglected in seismic design of railway bridge pile foundations with elevated cap.

Funder

National Natural Science Foundation of China

China Postdoctoral Science Foundation

Young Elite Scientist Sponsorship

Science and Technology Program of Gansu Province for Distinguished Young Scholars

State Key Laboratory of Frozen Soil Engineering

Publisher

World Scientific Pub Co Pte Ltd

Subject

Applied Mathematics,Mechanical Engineering,Ocean Engineering,Aerospace Engineering,Building and Construction,Civil and Structural Engineering

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