Abstract
Rapid growth in urban construction activities has driven the modern day construction industry to utilise land available in the vicinity of existing buildings. A major concern arising from utilising such land is damages to the adjacent buildings due to propagation of ground vibrations generated from construction activities. Dynamic pile installation methods such as vibratory and impact driving are ground vibration sources which can cause severe damages to the surrounding structures. This paper examines the effect of vibratory pile driving on an existing substructure using a dynamic finite element model. A closed ended pile is driven starting from the ground surface using a novel numerical procedure. The finite element mesh representing the homogeneous soil domain is truncated using infininte elements. The numerical procedure is first verified using field data and then a parametric study is conducted to investigate the influence of the frequency and the amplitude of the vibratory force driving the new pile on the existing nearby pile.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Building on the Past : Proceedings of the 65th Canadian Geotechnical Conference (GeoManitoba 2012) : 30 September - 3 October 2012, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Publisher | GeoManitoba 2012 Organizing Committee |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Publication status | Published - 2012 |
| Event | Canadian Geotechnical Conference - Duration: 30 Sept 2012 → … |
Conference
| Conference | Canadian Geotechnical Conference |
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| Period | 30/09/12 → … |
Keywords
- piling (civil engineering)
- vibration