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Granular Pile Anchor

This document summarizes an experiment to determine the pullout capacity of granular pile anchors. It describes the construction of the anchors, which consist of a steel rod, base plate, and compacted granular backfill material. Tests were conducted to characterize the soil properties and determine the failure behavior. Uplift tests were performed on anchors with varying length-to-diameter ratios, and the maximum pullout capacity increased with higher ratios. The failure mechanisms involved friction mobilization along the anchor and bulging of the soil around the base plate.

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Granular Pile Anchor

This document summarizes an experiment to determine the pullout capacity of granular pile anchors. It describes the construction of the anchors, which consist of a steel rod, base plate, and compacted granular backfill material. Tests were conducted to characterize the soil properties and determine the failure behavior. Uplift tests were performed on anchors with varying length-to-diameter ratios, and the maximum pullout capacity increased with higher ratios. The failure mechanisms involved friction mobilization along the anchor and bulging of the soil around the base plate.

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UPLIFT ON GRANULAR PILE ANCHORS

Scope of the Work


• To determine the Pullout capacity of Granular
Pile Anchors
• Construction
• Failure behavior
Granular Pile Anchor
• New concept in the field of ground
engineering
• Three components Steel rod/ tendon

– Tendon Ground surface

– Base plate Borehole

– Compacted granular backfill


Granular backfill

Base plate
Schematic diagram
G1 and G2 are
the dial gauges

P1, P2 are the


pulleys

W is the load
applied.
DETERMINATION OF INDEX PROPERTIES OF SOIL
AROUND THE PILE
• Sieve Analysis and hydrometer
• Specific gravity
• Liquid limit
• Plastic limit
• Standard compaction
• Direct Shear Test
• UCC
Sieve analysis

100
90
80
70
60
% finer

50
40
30
20
10
0
0.001 0.01 0.1 1 10
sieve size in mm
Liquid limit and plastic limit test
• Liquid limit 42%
• Plastic limit 19%
45

44

43
water content (%)

42

41

40

39

38
10
No. of blows
Classification of Soil
Description Percentage
Gravel 4

Sand 64

Silt 24

Clay 8

Liquid limit 42

Plastic limit 19

Plasticity index 23

Type of soil SC
1.95

1.9
Standard Proctor Test
O.M.C 11%
1.85
Max. Dry unit weight:
1.93gm/cc

dry unit weight


1.8

1.75

1.7

1.65

1.6
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
water content
Normal stress Vs Shear
0.6
stress
0.5
Cohesion : 0.289kg/cm2
ϕ=20.55°

shear stress(kg/cm^2)
0.4

0.3 20.55°

0.2

0.1

0
0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7
normal stress(kg/cm2)
Pile Material
• Gravel : Sand=60:40
Making The Tank
(Initial stage)
Installation of GPA

Compacting the pile material


Filling with the granular material (Dr=85%)
Preliminary Uplift Test (with Perspex for l/d=5)
load in kg
0 20 40 60 80 100
0
0.2
0.4
displacement in mm

0.6
on top of pile
0.8 of pile anchor
1
1.2
1.4
1.6
1.8
Failure of the Perspex plate
First Trial (for l/d==5)
load in kg
0 20 40 60 80 100 120
0

0.2

0.4
displacement in mm

0.6

0.8

1.2

1.4

1.6
Second Trial (for l/d=3.33)
load in kg
0 20 40 60 80 100 120
0

4
displacement in mm

6
pile anchor
8 top of pile

10

12

14

16
Collection of sample for UCC
Results of UCC Test
120

100

80
stress(kN/m2)

60 sample1
sample2
40 sample3

20

0
0 0.02 0.04 0.06 0.08
strain
Third trial(for l/d=7)
load in kg
0 50 100 150 200 250
0

4
displacement in mm

10

12

14

16
Failure Mechanisms

Friction mobilization

Column length L
Side friction
Wedge formation

Bulging
Bulging resistance
Bulging region

Original diameter
Do
Column diameter D
Diameter after bulging
Df

(a) Possible failure mechanisms (b) Bulging and frictional resistance

Failure mechanisms
VARIATION OF PULLOUT CAPACITY WITH l/d RATIO

S.No Length of Diameter of l/d ratio Experimental Anchor Analytical


pile(mm) pile(mm) failure (kN) pullout
capacity (kN)
1 250 75 3.3 0.85 0.88

2 250 50 5. 1.02 1.10

3 350 50 7 1.98 2.02


Future scope
• Concrete anchor piles
• Different Dr of granular material
THANK YOU

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