Journal Article

Analytical model of vertical load acting on jacked pipe considering soil arching effect in cohesionless soil

Zhao, Xu, Zhang, Yu, Guo, Fei, Zhong, Ruiqin, Yang, Xiaohui, Tao, Lianjin, Liao, Weizhang, Liu, Jun

2024

Overview

•A new analytical model considering the soil arching effect was established.•The calculation method of load transfer of parabolic soil arch is proposed.•Formula of horizontal pressure coefficient was deduced in the failure zone.•Formula for predicting the height of shear bands was proposed. For the project of pipe jacking in cohesionless soil, it is key to determine the vertical load on jacked pipe so as to predict the jacking force accurately. In this paper, a new parabolic soil arching model was proposed to calculate the vertical load on jacked pipe. This proposed analytical model was composed of parabolic soil arching zone, parabola-typed collapse zone and friction arch zone. Combined with existing literature, the key parameters (i.e., height of parabolic soil arching, horizontal pressure coefficient and width and height of friction arch) were determined. In addition, considering that the trajectory of major stress is parabola, the formula of horizontal pressure coefficient was deduced in the friction arch. The parabolic soil arching zone is assumed as a three-hinged arch with reasonable arch axis, and the formula of load transfer was derived considering the transition effect of parabolic soil arching. The results of experiment, theoretical models and numerical model were adopted to verify the proposed analytical model. Finally, the influence of the key parameters on the vertical load on jacked pipe were also discussed in detail. This work provides a meaningful reference for evaluating the vertical load on jacked pipe for design of pipe jacking.

• Publisher: Elsevier B.V,KeAi Communications Co., Ltd
• Subject: Jacked pipe / Parabolic soil arching model / Soil arching effect / Theoretical model / Vertical load