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All of the information, data and computer software (“information”) presented on this web site is for general information only. While every effort will be made to insure its accuracy, this information should not be used or relied on for any specific application without independent, competent professional examination and verification of its accuracy, suit-ability and applicability by a licensed professional. Anyone making use of this information does so at his or her own risk and assumes any and all liability resulting from such use. The entire risk as to quality or usability of the information contained within is with the reader. In no event will this web page or webmaster be held liable, nor does this web page or its webmaster provide insurance against liability, for any damages including lost profits, lost savings or any other incidental or consequential damages arising from the use

or inability to use the information contained within.

This site is not an official site of Prentice-Hall, Pile Buck, or Vulcan Foundation Equipment. All references to sources of software, equipment, parts, service or

repairs do not constitute an endorsement.

Visit our companion sitehttp://www.vulcanhammer.org

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FINAL REPORT

ESTIMATE DAMPING AND QUAKE BY USING TRADITIONAL SOIL TESTINGS

State Project No: 99700-3594-010 UF Project No: 49 104504-616-12

WPI No.: 05 10838 Contract No.: BB-508

Investigators

Michael C. McVay Ching L. Kuo

College of Engineering Department of Civil Engineering

University of Florida

Submitted to Florida Department of Transportation

November 1999

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Technical Report Documentation Page

Form DOT F 1700.7 (8-72) Reproduction of completed page authorized

1 Report No

WPI0510838

2 Government Access~on No 3 Recip~enls Cablog No

4 Title and Subt~tle

Estimate Damping and Quake by

Using Traditional Soil Testing

7 Author(s)

Michael C. McVay and Ching L. K u o

9 Perforrn~ng Organlrat~on Name and Address

University of Florida Department of Civil Engineering 345 Weil Hall / P.O. Box 116580 Gainesville, FL 326 1 1-6580

12 Sponsoring Agency Name and Address

Florida Department of Transportation Research Management Center 605 Suwamee Street, MS 30 Tallahassee, FL 32301-8064

15 Supplementary Notes

5 Report Date

November 1 9 9 9 6 Performlng O~ganuatton Code

49104504-616-12 ' 8 Performlng Olganoabon Report No

10 Work Un~t No (TRAIS)

99700-3594-010 11 Contract or Grant NO

BB-508 13. Type of Report and Period W e r e d

Final Report

12/1/97 - 1 / 1 5 / 0 0 14 Sponsoring Agency Code

Prepared in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration

16 Abstract

Impact pile driving greatly alters the behavior of the soil surrounding the pile. The changes of so11 responses make it is very difficult to estlmate Sinith soil parameters even by means of Pile Driving Analyzer (PDA) monitoring and CAPWAP Analysis. Although GRL, Inc. (1 993) had recommended typical values of the Smith damping and quake parameters for different types of soils and pile sizes, many researches indicated that the Smith parameters were not only depended on the soil types and pile sizes, also the pile driving conditions. The ranges of the Smith soil quake and damping from published data were so widely scattered that it was very difficult to select reasonable values for Wave Equation Analysis.

The objectives of this research is to explore the meanings of the Smith soil model in Wave Equation Analysis and identlfL the key variables affecting the determination of the Smith soil parameters. Using the UF pile database for regression analysis, semi- empirical equations for estimating the Smith soil parameters were developed based on conventional soil properties.

17 Key Words

Smith Soil Parameter EOD Soil Damping BOR Soil Quake SPT-N Value GRLWEAP Transfer Energy CAPWAP

18 D~stribut~on Statement

No restrictions. This document is available to the public through the National Technical Information Service, Springfield, VA , 22 16 1

19 Security Chssif (of this teport)

Unclassified

22 Pnce 20 Security Classd (of this pope)

Unclassified

21 No of Pages

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DISCLAIMER

" The opinions, findings and conclusions expressed in this publication are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the Florida Department of Transportation or the U. S. Department of Transportation.

Prepared in cooperation with the State of Florida Department of Transportation and the U. S. Department of Transportation."

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

DISCLAIMES

CHAPTERS

1 . INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

1.1 General ............................................................................ 1 1.2 Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

2 . LITERATURE REVIEW

....................................................... 2.1 Theoretical Interpretation 4 2.2 In-Situ Test Correlation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

3 . DATABASES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1 General 9 ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2 Completeness of Data Set 10

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.3 Database Evaluation 10 .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.3.1 Soil Classification 10

3.3.2 Pile Driving Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 3.3.3 Standard Penetration Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 3.3.4 Load Test and CAPWAP Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

3.4 Database Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

4 . REGRESSION ANALYSIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.1 Theoretical Expression of Smith Parameters .............................................................. 4.1.1 Toe Damping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.1.2 Skin Damping

................................................................... 4.1.3 Toe Quake .................................................................. 4.1.4 SkinQuake

4.2 Correlation of Smith Soil Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.2.1 Smith Soil Parameters versus SPT-N Value ........................... 4.2.2 Smith Damping versus Pile Penetration Rate ..........................

4.3 Linear Regression Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . VERIFICATION AND COMPARISON 64

5.1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 5.2 Wave Equation Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

5.2.1 Design Parameters ......................................................... 64

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.......................................... 5.2.2 Results of Comparison Analysis 65

.................................. 6 . CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 73

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.1 General 73 6.2 Summary .......................................................................... 73 6.3 Conclusions and Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . REFERENCES 76

........................................... APPENDIX: UF DATABASE SUMMARY 79

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AREA

square millimeters m& square millimeters 0.0016

square melers

square kilometers 0.386

VOLUME VOLUME fluid ounces

cubic meters cubic meters cubic meters

NOTE: Vdumes greater than 1000 I shall be shown in rn3.

megagrams 1.103 short tons (2000 Ib) T

TEMPERATURE (exact) TEMPERATURE (exact)

ILLUMINATION ILLUMINATION

loot-Lamberts foot-lamberts

FORCE and PRESSURE or STRESS FORCE and PRESSURE or STRESS

.-. I]

SI is the symbol for the lntemational System of Units. Appropriate (Revised August 1992) rounding should be made to comply with Section 4 of ASTM €380.

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CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION

1.1 General

Since Smith (1960) presented a numerical solution of the one-dimensional wave

equation applied to pile driving, Wave Equation Analysis gradually became a primary

tool for quality control of pile driving. In performing Wave Equation Analysis, soil

parameters are required as input data in addition to the pile and hammer data. However,

the Smith soil parameters, soil quake and damping are nonstandard soil mechanics

parameters that only can be determined through back analysis of pile driving records and

pile load tests.

Impact pile driving greatly alters the behavior of the soil surrounding the pile.

The changes of soil responses make it is very difficult to estimate Smith soil parameters

even by means of Pile Driving Analyzer (PDA) monitoring and CAPWAP Analysis.

Although GRL, Inc. (1993) had recommended typical values of the Smith damping and

quake parameters for different types of soils and pile sizes, many researches indicated

that the Smith parameters were not only depended on the soil types and pile sizes, also

the pile driving conditions. The ranges of the Smith soil quake and damping from

published data were so widely scattered that it was very difficult to select reasonable

values for Wave Equation Analysis.

1.2 Objectives

The objectives of this research is to explore the meanings of the Smith soil model

in Wave Equation Analysis and identify the key variables affecting the determination of

the Smith soil parameters, and to develop semi-empirical equations for estimating the

Smith soil parameters based on conventional soil properties.

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1.3 Scope of work

The overall project will be divided into four major tasks as follows:

Task 1: Identifi Representation for Smith soil parameters.

A review of the open literature will be undertaken to identi@ theoretical

representations and published data of Smith soil parameters. Input

from the FDOT will also be sought.

Task 2: Database Collection and Analvsis.

Pile Database from University of Florida will be used as the primary

source in addition to the new cases with appropriate recorded

information from the available load test reports. A Excel spreadsheet

will be created for statistical analysis.

Task 3 : Evaluation of Theoretical Expression of Smith soil parameters.

Based on the database collected in Task 2, theoretical expression

collected in Task 1 will be evaluated statistically.

Task 4: Identifi or Develop Semi-empirical equations for estimating Smith soil

parameters.

Based on the best expression from Task 3, a semi-empirical equation

for estimating Smith soil parameters, soil quake and soil damping will

be developed. To evaluate the proposed equations, a comparative study

by performing Wave Equation Analysis using the Smith soil parameters

from the default values recommended by GRL (1993), from CAPWAP

analysis and from proposed equations will be conducted.

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CHAPTER 2

LITERATURE REVIEW

Smith (1960) presented the one-dimensional wave equation based on solution

algorithm for dynamic pile driving. In Smith model, the pile is discretized into lumped

masses interconnected by pile "springs." The soil resistance to driving is provided by a

series of spring and dashpots. The soil springs are assumed to behave in an elastic-

perfectly plastic manner, and the spring stiffness is defined by ratio of the maximum

elastic deformation or quake Q. Damping coefficients were introduced to account for the

viscous behavior of the soil. The total soil resistance to pile driving is given by

Rt = &(I+ Jv) = (Dp - Dpl)k(l + Jv) (2.1)

where lQ is the total soil resistance to driving; J is the damping coefficient; v is the

velocity of the toe of the pile; R, is the static soil resistance, Dp is the displacement of pile

tip, Dp' is the permanent deformation, k is the spring coefficient of soil. The soil spring

constant is determined by dividing the resistance assigned to a pile section by the value of

soil quake (Q).

Smith quake and damping can only be estimated by means of a load test, or Pile

Driving Analyzer (PDA) measurements and Case Pile Wave Analysis Program

(CAPWAP) analysis. However, Forehand and Reese (1964) noted that a number of

combinations of soil quakes and soil dampings could be used to fit a test point. In

addition, driving conditions may result a different combination of Smith soil parameters.

In spite of the question of the uniqueness of the Smith soil parameters, there has

been a significant amount of effort performed in the past two decades to understand and

compile the numerical values of Smith model parameters (i.e. damping, J, and quake, Q),

such as the work by Forehand and Reese (1964), Coyle and Gibson (1970), Coyle, et a1

(1972), and Litkouchi and Poskitt (1980), among others. However, there has been a lack

of understanding about the physical attributes (factors) that affect these constants until

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recently. Two approaches were used to interpret the Smith damping and quake,

theoretical interpretation and in-situ test correlation as follows.

2.1 Theoretical interpretation

1. Lysmer and Richart (1966) modeled the soil resistance at the pile tip as a

vertically vibrating rigid disc on the surface of an elastic half-space and derived the

following equation for the damping coefficients of pile tip:

where, v, is the soil Poisson's ratio.

2. Novak et al. (1978) derived the soil resistance along the pile shaft using elasto-

dynamic theory. The soil resistance before reaching the failure state was expressed in

term of pile motion as

Qs = ksw + C ~ W (2.3)

where Qs = shaft resistancelunit length of the pile: k, = soil spring stiffnesslunit length of

pile; c, = damping coefficientlunit length of the pile; and w = the pile displacement. The

coefficient c, are given by

where Gs is soil shear modulus, a0 = oroIV, is a dimensionless frequency ratio, o is the

excitation frequency, ro is outer pile radius , V, is shear wave velocity in the soil, and Swz

are functions of the dimensionless frequency ratio ao. c, is radiation or geometric

damping.

3 . Lee and Chow et a1 (1988) proposed the damping (c,) coefficients per unit

length of the pile shaft based on the work of Novak et al. (1978) as follows:

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cs = 2 m o J p r ~ ~

where, Gs is the soil shear modulus, ro the pile radius and pt the soil density.

4. Mitwally and Novak (1988) calculated the dynamic skin resistance using one-

dimensional shafi model with plane strain conditions as

Rj = (GS2 1 o)v (2.6)

and for pile tip as

Ri = (GbroCz / o ) v (2.7)

where G and Gb are shear modulus at a shafi and a toe, respectively, Sz and C2 are

frequency-dependent dimensionless parameters, ro is pile radius, and o is frequency of

the pile motion.

5. Nguyen et al. (1988) proposed another equation for the toe quake as a function

of shear strain and shear modulus as follows.

where, rm = 2.5L(1-v), ro is the pile radius, G is the soil shear modulus, z,,, is the

maximum shear strain and v is the Poisson's ratio.

6. Liang and Sheng (1992) derived the theoretical expression for Smith toe

damping and toe quake based on the dynamic spherical cavity expansion theory and

punching theory, respectively. The theoretical expression for Smith skin quake was

obtained from the concentric cylinder model originally developed for static load transfer

behavior of piles. A semi-empirical rate effect law was used to derive the skin damping.

Toe damping:

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Toe quake:

Skin damping:

Skin quake:

where, Vpd and Vps are the pile penetration rates under dynamic and quasi-static

conditions, respectively. KL is the soil viscosity coefficient; Rs is static soil resistance,

Vpd is pile penetration acceleration, D is pile size, p is soil density, p, is yield pressure, E

the Young's modulus of soil, v is Poisson's ratio, ro and r, are the radius of pile soil

interface and radius of the influence of soil, respectively, G is the soil shear modulus, f, is

the soil shear strength.

The theoretical expression for Smith damping conformed with the experimental

findings made by Coyle and Gibson (1970) in which the damping factor varies with the

velocity of pile penetration. Furthermore, the Smith damping is a hnction of static soil

resistance, &, soil density, penetration acceleration, and the size of the pile D.

As shown in the equations, the toe quake is proportional to the radius of the

penetration pile and the skin quake is a hnction of shear strength, shear modulus, pile

radius and disturbance zone.

2.2 In-situ test correlation

1 . Svinkin and Abe (1992) developed a simple relationship between Case and

hysteretic damping directly from the measured displacement at the pile head. The results

suggest that the Case damping coefficient, Jc is not only depend on the soil type but is a

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hnction of the pile-soil system. With the pile-soil system being considered as a dynamic

system with measurement at the pile segment near the pile head, the J, is obtained as

where y = 61n is a dimensionless coefficient of inelastic resistance. This sequence

provides calibration of the parameter, Jc, for a particular site and is more reliable than

empirical approximation based on a soil type.

2. Abou-matar et al. (1996) proposed a method to estimate the soil damping and

soil quake based on the measurements of force and velocity at the top of drill rod during

SPT sampler driving. These measurements were used to calculate the transfer energy into

the rod. Using the closed form solution of wave propagation theory for linearly elastic

rods, the ultimate soil resistance of the SPT sampler was be calculated in addition to the

soil damping and soil quake. However, there was not sufficient database to veriQ the

applicability of the Smith soil parameters determined from SPT testing.

3. Malkawi and Mohammad (1996) presented a new simple model for the soil-

pile system to determine the effective physical parameters k, c of the soil-pile system, the

damping ratio (5) and the undamped natural frequency (a,). The damping ratio is

expressed as

where b is damping of the pile (N.sec/m), c = is velocity of wave propagation

(dsec) , E is elasticity modulus (N/m2), p is density of pile material (kg/m3), A is cross

sectional area of the pile (m2).

4. Paikowsky and Chernauskas (1996) indicated that the dynamic soil resistance

in term of viscous damping was inadequate and incorrect. The soil damping used in the

dynamic analysis cannot correlate to the soil type. Thendean, et a1 (1996) also indicated

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that the Smith soil parameters back calculated from CAPWAP varied strongly within the

same soil type and, surprisingly, even the averages showed very little correlation with

soil type. The actual physical phenomenon controlling the dynamic resistance is the soil

inertia. Examinations of a large data set indicated that under high soil inertia conditions,

the performance of the wave matching techniques is extremely poor, while for low soil

inertia conditions the performance of the wave matching technique is extremely good.

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CHAPTER 3

DATABASE DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION

3.1 General

In order to evaluate the theoretical expressions and in-situ test correlation for the

Smith soil parameters, i.e., skin damping, toe damping, skin quake and toe quake, a

database was developed to include pile lengthldiameter, hammer data, driving record,

Smith soil parameters back-calculated from CAPWAP analysis, related soil properties.

Soil properties include weighted average SPT N-value along pile shaft and at pile tip,

static soil resistance along pile shaft and at pile tip determined from static load test and/or

CAPWAP analysis, pile velocity from PDA measurement.

The database, known as PILEUF developed by the University of Florida was used

as the template which was in Lotus 1-2-3 format and was transported into Microsoft

Excel for this research. Currently, PILEUF contains 213 pile data including 147 concrete

piles, 17 steel pipe piles and 49 steel H-piles. The information of each pile record

included:

1. General description of job location, pier or bent number, dates of load tests

and name of engineer in-charge or reference.

2. Pile data including pile type, geometry, installing method and soil type.

3. Pile driving information including hammer type and weight, rated energy,

depth of penetration and corresponding blow count or set.

4. Load test results including load vs. settlement, failure capacity in term of

Davisson, Fuller-Hoy, DeBeer or FDOT failure criteria.

5 . In-situ test results including Standard Penetration Test (SPT) data, Cone

Penetration Test (CPT) data, and soil description.

6. Dynamic load test data including PDA and CAPWAP results.

However, the Smith quake parameters and driving record were not included or

completed in the original UF pile database and were retrieved from the available load test

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reports. The weighted average SPT N value along pile length is calculated for each pile

from available soil boring information.

3.2 Completeness of Data Set

The purpose of the new database is to provide all the necessary information to

estimate the Smith soil parameters. Followings are the necessary information of a data

set:

1. Soil boring information including SPT data and soil description.

2. Static load test carried to failure and the Davisson failure capacity can be

determined.

3. Dynamic load test was performed with PDA monitoring.

4. Pile driving system.

5. CAPWAP results including pile capacity and Smith soil parameters at End

of Initial Driving (EOD) and Beginning of Redriving (BOR).

3.3 Database Evaluation

A new database was developed by retrieving necessary information from PILEUF

and adding more information from pile load test report for this research as follows. A

printout of the database is presented in Appendix A. The database is an Excel

spreadsheet consisting of 147 pile records. All of the piles in the database are pre-

stressed concrete, driven in the State of Florida.

3.3.1 Soil Classification

Seven (7) soil types were used in PILEUF for soil classification as follows:

1. Plastic clay

2. Silt-sand-clay, silts and marls

3. Clean sand

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4. Limestone, very shelly sand

5. Clayey sand

6. Sandy clay

7. Silty clay

However, considering the current practice in correlating the Smith soil parameters

with soil types, soil classifications were grouped into three (3) major soil types:

1. Cohesive soil including plastic clay, sandy clay and silty clay.

2. Non-cohesive soil including silty-sand-clay, silts and marls, clean sand

and clayey sand.

3 . Limestone including limestone and very shelly sand.

3 .3 .2 Pile Driving Information

Pile information included the width, total length, and embedded length of the pile.

The total length and embedded length of the pile were the length at the end of initial

driving (EOD) or beginning of redriving (BOR) and in general were obtained from the

pile driving records. In addition, the "primary" soil type along the pile shaft and the soil

type at the pile tip were included.

Pile driving information including hammer type and weight, rated energy, depth

of penetration and the corresponding blow count or set.

3.3.3 Standard Penetration Test

Only very limit of CPT data were available in PILEUF, therefore, SPT data was

used as the primary in-situ test information. The weighted average SPT-N value along

the pile length and over an interval from 8 times of pile size above to 3.5 time pile size

below the pile tip within the same soil layer were calculated as skin-N value (N,) and

tip-N value (Nt), respectively, for each pile data. The maximum SPT-N value was

limited to 60 as recommended by Schmertmann (1967)

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3 .3 .4 Load Test and CAPWAP Results

Static soil resistances determined from static load tests, PDA monitoring and

CAPWAP analyses were included in the database. Smith damping and quake values

from CAPWAP analyses at EOD and BOR for each pile were also included. The Smith

soil quakes and the maximum transfer energy during pile driving were not included in

the PILEUF and were retrieved from the pile load test reports into the new database.

3 . 4 Database Summary

Figures 3.1 through 3 . 4 and Figures 3.5 through 3.8 showed the Smith soil

parameters at the end of driving (EOD) and beginning of redriving (BOR), respectively,

from the UF database. It can be seen that there were significant deviations between the

two different sources. Because of lacking physical meanings, the Smith soil quake and

damping can only be back calculated by CAPWAP analysis using the data from Pile

Driving Analyzer (PDA) measurements. Although GRL, Inc. (1993) has recommended

typical values of the Smith damping and quake parameters for different types of soils and

pile sizes, many researches indicated that the Smith parameters were not only depended

on the soil types and pile sizes, also the pile driving conditions. The ranges of the Smith

soil quakes and dampings from database were so widely scattered as shown in Table 3.1

that it was very difficult to select reasonable values for wave equation analysis. The

objective of this research is to identie the key variables affecting the Smith soil

parameters and to develop a method to estimate the reasonable Smith soil parameters.

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Table 3.1 Summary of Smith Soil Parameters

Note: D is pile width or diameter in inch.

Limestone

- -

-

-

0.105-0.272

0.050-0.439

0.030-0.150

Dl44-Dl300

0.04-0.535

0.072-0.430

0.020-0.180

Dl3 9-Dl600 -

Non- Cohesive

0.05

0.15

0.10

Dl120

0.050-0.421

0.049-0.444

0.050-0.191

Dl45-Dl53 3

0.084-0.490

0.002-0.700

0.055-0.156

Dl5 1 -Dl3 3 3

Skin

Toe

Skin

Toe

Skin

Toe

Skin

Toe

Skin

Toe

Skin

Toe

GRL (1993)

EODI Database

BOW Database

Cohesive

0.20

0.15

0.10

Dl120

0.051-0.3 16

0.035-0.208

0.020-0.140

Dl3 5-Dl200

0.074-0.736

0.012-0.649

0.050-0.200

Dl64-Dl3 75

Damping (sift)

Quake (in)

Damping (s/fi)

Quake (in)

Damping (slfi)

Quake (in)

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0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 .O

Skin Dam ping EOD (sfft)

FIGURE 3.1 Skin Damping at EOD vs. Soil Type

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FIGURE 3.2 Toe Damping at EOD vs. Soil type

A

Limestone

Non-

Cohesive 1 0.00 0.10 0.20 0.30 0.40 0.50

Toe Damping @ W D (s l f t )

A A

cohesive

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Limestone

0.00 0.05 0.10 0.15 0.20 0.25

Skin Quake @EOD (in)

a a

= C - .- NOW 0 cohesive V)

Cohesive

FIGURE 3 .3 Skin Quake at EOD vs. Soil Type

A. - A h

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0.00 0.10 0.20 0.30 0.40 0.50 0.60 0.70

Toe Quake (EOD) (in)

Limestone

Non-

FIGURE 3.4 Toe Quake at EOD vs. Soil Type

Y----

cohesive

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0.00 0.10 0.20 0.30 0.40 0.50 0.60 0.70 0.80

Skin Damping @ BOR (sm)

FIGURE 3.5 Skin Damping at BOR vs. Soil Type

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0.00 0.20 0.40 0.60 0.80 1.00 1.20 1.40 1.60 1.80

Toe Damping @ BOR (slft)

FIGURE 3.6 Toe Damping at BOR vs. Soil Type

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0.00 0.05 0.10 0.15 0.20 0.25

Skin Quake @ BOR (in)

Limestone

FIGURE 3.7 Skin Quake at BOR vs. Soil Type

4. .. -

cohesive

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FIGURE 3.8 Toe Quake at BOR vs. Soil Type

A -

0.10 0.20 0.30 0.40 0.50 0.60 0.70 0.00

Toe Quake @! BOR (in)

Y

a

A h O

- - m m

r-w-

..

Limestone

3 k NOW - .- 0 cohesive U)

Cohesive

-=

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CHAPTER 4

REGRESSION ANALYSIS

4.1 Theoretical Expression of Smith Parameters

From the literature review, Liang and Sheng (1992) appeared providing a most

complete theoretical expressions for the Smith soil parameters and were summarized as

follows.

4.1.1 Toe Damping

Liang and Sheng (1992) derived the theoretical expression of the Smith toe

damping based on the dynamic spherical cavity expansion theory.

where, V p d is the pile penetration rate under dynamic conditions, v P d is the pile

penetration acceleration under dynamic condition, D is the pile size, p is the soil density,

and R, is the static soil resistance.

As shown in the equation, the Smith toe damping will increase when the pile

penetration rate increase, and will decrease when the soil resistance increases. Also, the

bigger size of pile will result larger toe damping.

4.1.2 Skin Damping

The Smith skin damping factor can be expressed as (Liang and Sheng, 1992)

KL V p d Ji = -log[--] V P ~

where Vpd and Vps are pile penetration rate under dynamic and quasi-static conditions.

Quasi-static penetration rate Vps can be estimated from static load test results according to

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Davisson7s failure criteria, V,, = xlt, where x = 0.15+D/120 (in) is pile displacement

under static load, t is time for load testing, D is the pile diameter. KL is soil viscosity

coefficient.

As shown in the equation, the skin damping has the similar meaning with the soil

viscosity coefficient and will be affected by the pile penetration rate.

4.1.3 Toe Quake

According to Smith (1960), the soil quake was defined as the maximum elastic

soil deformation. Based on the quasi-static spherical cavity expansion theory, Liang and

Sheng (1992) derived the toe quake (Qt) as follows.

where, E is the Young's modulus of soil, v is the Poisson's ratio, p, is the soil's yielding

stress and D is the pile size.

As shown in the equation, the Smith toe quake will decrease when the Young's

modulus of soil increases. Also, the bigger size of pile will result a larger toe quake.

4.1.4 SkinQuake

Liang and Sheng (1992) proposed the following equation for the skin quake based

on the load transfer mechanism developed by Kraft, et a1 (198 1)

where G is the soil shear modulus, f, is the soil shear strength, ro and rm are the radius of

pile soil interface and radius of the influence of soil, respectively. rm = 2.5L(1-v).

As shown in the equation, the Smith skin quake will decrease when the shear

modulus of soil increases.

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4.2 Correlation of Smith Soil Parameters

Although the Smith damping and quake can be estimated from the theoretical

expression as shown in the previous section, many variables required in the equations

were not available from the database or not measured from PDA monitoring. In addition,

the derivations of the equations were based on the assumption that the soils reached the

failure state at every hammer blow during pile driving. However, soil resistances may

not be completely mobilized due to the insufficient hammer energy. Therefore, different

values of soil quakes may be estimated under different hammer energies for the same pile

as shown in Figure 4.1. Even for the same set of PDA data, different engineers may

result different set of Smith soil parameters from CAPWAP analyses (Bengt Fellenius,

1992) as shown in Figures 4.2 and 4.3 for soil quake and soil damping, respectively.

Due to the uncertainties of pile driving conditions and the lack of unique solution

of CAPWAP analysis, the determination of Smith soil parameters became extremely

difficult. However, according the expressions proposed by Liang and Sheng (1992) and

the definition provided by Smith (1964) for the soil quake and soil damping, the Smith

soil parameters are hnction of soil stiffness, soil strength and hammer transfer energy.

Practically, soil stiffness and soil strength can be empirically estimated from SPT-N

value, and the pile penetration rate depends on the soil strength and hammer energy.

Therefore, the Smith soil parameters logically can be expressed in term of SPT-N value

and hammer energy.

4.2.1 Smith Soil Parameters versus SPT-N Value

Figures 4.4 to 4.11 showed the plots of SPT-N values versus Smith soil

parameters. According to the theoretical expressions, Smith soil parameters are related to

the shear modulus of soil that can be estimated from SPT-N value. However, as shown in

the figures, there was no clear correlation observed. It is believed that in addition to the

SPT-N value, the transfer energy should have major impacts on the determination of

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Smith soil parameters. It is because that the mobilization of the pile capacity depends on

the energy transferred into the pile from the pile driving system.

4.2.2 Smith Dam~inn versus Pile Penetration Rate

Figure 4.12 showed the Smith skin dampings and the pile penetration rate at EOD

condition. In general, the damping increased with the penetration rate increased.

However, the variation was relatively high.

4.3 Linear Regression Evaluation

Although the Smith damping and quake can be estimated fiom the theoretical

expression proposed by various researchers, many variables in the equations are not

available fiom the current database to evaluate these equations. However, according to

the theoretical expressions and in-situ test correlation of Smith soil parameters discussed

in the previous sections, the Smith soil parameters can be expressed in term of soil type,

SPT-N value (N), pile size (D), and transfer energy (E) of driving system as the following

relations:

Skin Quake (Q,) a {Soil type (Cohesive, Non-Cohesive, Limestone), Ns, E)

Toe Quake (Qt) GC {Soil type (Cohesive, Non-Cohesive, Limestone), D, Nt, E)

Skin Damping (Js) a {Soil type (Cohesive, Non-Cohesive, Limestone), Ns, E)

Toe Damping (Jt) GC {Soil type (Cohesive, Non-Cohesive, Limestone), Nt, E)

Where Nt and Ns are the average SPT-N values at the pile tip and along the shaft,

respectively.

Using the database described in chapter 3, different regressions were evaluated to

reach the best correlation. The following basic format was selected:

For skin damping and quake:

for toe damping and quake:

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where X = the Smith soil parameter(in for quake, seclft for damping)

A,B = the regression constants

Ns, Nt = weighted average skin and toe SPT-N value

E = rated energy of hammer (kips-fi)

D = pile size(in)

Figures 4.13 to 4.18 showed the regression of skin quakes at the end of initial

driving (EOD) and beginning of resdriving (BOR) for different soil types, each ,

correlation graph includes a first order best fit line. Figures 4.19 to 4.24 showed the

regression of toe quake at EOD and BOR for different soil types. Figures 4.25 to 4.30

showed the regression of skin damping, and Figures 4.3 1 to 4.36 showed the toe damping

at EOD and BOR for different soil types.

Equation 4-5 and 4-6 can be rewritten as:

For skin damping and skin quake

for toe damping and toe quake

Based on the results of regression evaluation and Equation (4-7) and (4-8), the

constants A and B of the Smith Soil parameters and corresponding coefficient of

determination, R' are summarized in Table 4-1.

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Table 4-1 Regression Analysis Constants of Smith Soil Parameters

Parameter

EOD

Skin Quake

BOR

Skin Quake

EOD

Toe Quake

BOR

Limestone 0.0062 2.63 15 0.0029 1

B

2.1486

2.3258

-0.0301

2.057

1.9058

1.3498

0.914

1.0476

1.1989

1.1802

R~

0.0973

0.0056

0.996

0.1867

0.323 1

0.8354

0.4236

0.7365

0.0971

0.2538

Soil Type

Non-Cohesive

Cohesive

Limestone

Non-Cohesive

Cohesive

Limestone

Non-Cohesive

Cohesive

Limestone

Non-Cohesive

A

0.0209

0.0024

0.41 14

0.0138

0.0171

0.2374

0.0358

0.0106

0.0261

0.0289

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DISPLACEMENT

FIGURE 4.1 The Impact of Capacity Mobilization on Determining Soil Quake

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DISPLACEMENT

FIGURE 4.2 The Impact of Different Engineers on Determining Soil Quake

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FIGURE 4.3 The Impact of Different Engineers on Determining Soil Damping

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I 6 Cohesive Non-cohesive A Limestone 1

0.1 0 0.1 5 0.20 0.25 0.30

Skin Damping (EOD) (slft)

FIGURE 4.4 SPT-N Value vs. Skin Damping @ EOD

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FIGURE 4.5 SPT-N Value vs. Toe Damping @ EOD

Cohesive Non-cohesive A Limestone I

0.00 0.05 0.10 0.15 0.20 0.25 0.30 0.35 0.40 0.45 0.50

Toe Damping (EOD) (slft)

A Am

70.0

60.0

50.0 W 3

3 m.O

= 30.0

t V)

20.0

10.0

0.0

A

.

urn A

A

I

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I Cohesive Non-cohesive A Limestone /

FIGURE 4.6 SPT-N Value vs. Skin Quake @ EOD

I

11

a1

11 . 70

60 -

50

w 3 3 A I

f 30- n V)

20

10

0

-- . -- I

0.00 0.05 0.10 0.15 0.20 0.25

Skin Quake (in) (EOD)

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Cohesive W Non-cohesive A Limestone I

0.10 0.20 0.30 0.40 0.50

Toe Quake (EOD) (in)

FIGURE 4.7 SPT-N Value vs. Toe Quake @ EOD

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FIGURE 4.8 SPT-N Value vs. Skin Damping @ BOR

Cohesive . Non-cohesive ALirnestone I

0.00 0.1 0 0.20 0.30 0.40 0.50 0.60 0.70 0.80

Skin Damping (BOR) (slft)

. . A ..

70

60

50

w 3 J 40 s = 3 t

I . V) .

A . 5

a

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0

Toe Damping (BOR) (slft)

FIGURE 4.9 SPT-N Value vs. Toe Damping @ BOR

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FIGURE 4.10 SPT- N Value vs. Skin Quake @ BOR

I Cohesive Non-cohesive A Limestone I

. I

. . I I. . . I

70

60

50 W 3 3 40 * 30 C- n V, 20

11

I

mi= A a . 10

0 t

.=t*:. . n 0.00 0.05 0.10 0.1 5 0.20 0.25

Skin Quake (BOR) (in)

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I. Cohesive Non-cohesive A Limestone I

Toe Quake (BOR) (in)

FIGURE 4.11 SPT-N Value vs. Toe Quake @ BOR

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FIGURE 4.12 Pile Penetration Rate vs. Skin Damping @ EOD

12.000

B L i

5 8.000 Z 0

6.000

+ p 4.000 W n

2.000 -. =! n

0.000 0.000 0.050 0.100 0.150 0.200 0.250 0.300 0.350 0.400 0.450

SKIN DAM PING @ EOD, Js

r-im A " A ~ * A *

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FIGURE 4.13 Skin Damping for Cohesive Soil @ EOD

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FIGURE 4.14 Skin Damping for Non-Cohesive Soil @ EOD

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FIGURE 4.15 Skin Damping for Limestone @ EOD

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FIGURE 4.16 Skin Damping for Cohesive Soil @ BOR

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FIGURE 4.17 Skin Damping for Non-Cohesive Soil @ BOR

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FIGURE 4.18 Skin Damping for Limestone @ BOR

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FIGURE 4.19 Toe Damping for Cohesive Soil @ EOD

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FIGURE 4.20 Toe Damping for Non-Cohesive @ EOD

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FIGURE 4.21 Toe Damping for Limestone @ EOD

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FIGURE 4.22 Toe Damping for Cohesive Soil @ BOR

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FIGURE 4.23 Toe Damping for Non-Cohesive Soil @ BOR

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FIGURE 4.24 Toe Damping for Limestone @ BOR

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FIGURE 4.25 Skin Quake for Cohesive Soil @ EOD

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FIGURE 4.26 Skin Quake for Non-Cohesive Soil @ EOD

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FIGURE 4.27 Skin Quake for Limestone @ EOD

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FIGURE 4.28 Skin Quake for Cohesive Soil @ BOR

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FIGURE 4.29 Skin Quake for Non-Cohesive Soil @ BOR

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FIGURE 4.30 Skin Quake for Limestone @ BOR

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FIGURE 4.3 1 Toe Quake for Cohesive Soil @ EOD

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FIGURE 4.32 Toe Quake for Non-Cohesive Soil @ EOD

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FIGURE 4.33 Toe Quake for Limestone @ EOD

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FIGURE 4.34 Toe Quake for Cohesive Soil @ BOR

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FIGURE 4.35 Toe Quake for Non-Cohesive Soil @ BOR

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FIGURE 4.36 Toe Quake for Limestone @ BOR

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CHAPTER 5

VERIFICATION AND COMPARISION

5.1 General

To evaluate the reliability of using the Smith soil parameters determined from the

proposed empirical equations to estimate the pile capacity, wave equation analyses were

performed using computer program GRLWEAP. Three different sets of Smith soil

parameters, i.e., default values recommended by GRL, Inc., results from CAPWAP

analysis, and suggested values from proposed equations for each load test data.

These predicted pile capacity (Q,) from GRLWEAP analysis at End of Initial

Driving @OD) and Beginning of Redriving (BOR) were compared with measured pile

capacity (Q,) from static pile load tests using Davisson failure criteria (Davisson, 1972).

5.2 Wave Equation Analysis

5.2.1 Design Parameters

Twenty-one (21) load test cases were used for comparison study. Each set of data

at least included:

1. Davisson failure capacity determined from static load test;

2. Smith soil damping and soil quake determined from CAPWAP results at

end of initial driving (EOD) and/or beginning of redriving (BOR).

3 . Hammer and pile data and

4. Blow counts at EOD and/or BOR conditions from Driving records.

5. Soil profiles including SPT data.

For each load test case, five (5) different sets of Smith soil parameters, i.e., the

default values recommended by GRL, Inc. the results from CAPWAP analyses at EOD

and BOR, and the estimates from the proposed equations at EOD and BOR, were used

in wave equation analyses using the computer program GRLWEAP developed by GRL,

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Inc. (1 997). However, majority of the hammer data were not completed. Therefore, the

default values of the weight, size and material properties of helmet and hammer cushion

fiom GRLWEAP hammer file were used in analysis. The shaft resistance in percent of

the ultimate resistance (ht) was obtained from CAPWAP results. In addition, the

efficiency of hammer performance was unknown at the pre-construction analysis,

therefore, the default values of hammer efficiency and maximum hammer stroke from

GRLWEAP were used in the comparison study.

The bearing graph in term of capacity versus blow counts was determined for each set of

Smith soil parameters from GRLWEAP analysis. The pile capacity at EOD or BOR

condition was interpolated fiom the bearing graph corresponding to blow counts

recorded during pile driving.

5.2.2 Results of Comparison Analvsis

Figures 5.1 through 5.4 showed the pile capacities predicted by GRLWEAP

analyses using five (5) different sets of Smith soil parameters versus the measured

capacities fiom static load tests. Each graph also included a solid line representing the

best fit of first order, the corresponding equation and the coefficient of determination, R ~ ,

and a set of dashed lines representing the different ratios of the predicted capacity over

the measurements. Table 5-1 summarized the statistical descriptors, i.e., bias factor,

standard deviation, and coefficient of variation, of the ration of predicted capacity to

measured capacity (Qp IQ,). It should be noticed that the default Smith soil parameters

from GRL were primarily back-calculated to fit the static pile load test results, therefore,

the GRLWEAP results using default values should be considered as beginning of

redriving conditions.

As shown in Figures 5.1 and 5.2, the predicted pile capacities of GRLWEAP

analyses using the Smith soil parameters from CAPWAP results and Proposed equation

at the end of initial driving condition (EOD) were about 40 to 80% of the measured

capacity from static load tests with an average of 66 and 70%, respectively.

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Figures 5.3 through 5.5 presented the predicted pile capacities of GRLWEAP

analyses from the default values, CAPWAP results and Proposed equations at the

beginning of redriving @OR), respectively. The results indicated that the predicted pile

capacities using the Smith soil parameters from CAPWAP results and proposed equations

ranged from 60 to 125% of the measured capacities with an average of 95 and 109%,

respectively. The predicted pile capacities using the default Smith soil parameters from

GRLWEAP ranged from 40 to 100% of the measured capacities with an average of 77%.

As shown in the figures, all cases tends to over-predict for the capacity piles less than

1000 kips and under-predict for large capacity piles.

The results of the statistical analysis of the GRLWEAP prediction were presented

in Table 5-1. The average and coefficient of variation of QJQ, at EOD condition were

0.66 and 0.43 using CAPWAP results, and 0.7 and 0.41 for the proposed equation,

respectively. The average and coefficient of variation of QJQ, at BOR condition were

0.95 and 0.35 using CAPWAP results, and 1.09 and 0.43 for the proposed equation,

respectively, while the average and coefficient of variation of QJQ, for GRL default

values were 0.77 and 0.55. In general, GRLWEAP prediction using the Smith soil

parameters from the proposed equation provided the best results, and that using GRL

default values was the worst. However, the coefficient of variation for all the cases were

relatively high that indicated the reliability of the GRLWEAP prediction is low.

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Table 5-1

Statistical analysis of Q,/Q, for different Smith soil parameters

. Smith parameters

CAPWAP result (EOD)

Proposed equation (EOD)

GRL Defaultr

CAPWAP result (BOR)

Proposed equation (BOR)

No. of

Cases

2 1

21

2 1

2 1

21

Bias factor

0.661

0.699

0.768

0.954

1.091

Standard Dev.

0.282

0.289

0.383

0.335

0.474 I

COV

0.426

0.413

0.498

0.35 1

0.434

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GRLWEAP Prediction (Smith parameters from CAPWAP), kips

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0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600

Davisson capacity, kips

FIGURE 5.2 Davisson Capacity vs. GRLWEAP Prediction @ EOD

using Smith Soil Parameters from Proposed Equation

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0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600

Davisson capacity, kips

FIGURE 5.3 Davisson Capacity vs. GRLWEAP Prediction

using Smith Soil Parameters from GRL Default

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0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600

Davisson capacity, kips

FIGURE 5.4 Davisson Capacity vs. GRLWEAP Prediction @ BOR

using Smith Soil Parameters from CAPWAP Results

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0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600

Davisson capacity, kips

FIGURE 5.5 Davisson Capacity vs. GRLWEAP Prediction @ BOR

using Smith Soil Parameters from Proposed Equation

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CHAPTER 6

CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

6.1 General

Wave equation was developed more than 100 years by Saint Venant and

Boussinesq (1866) for end impact on rods. In 1938, E. N. Fox published a solution for

the wave equation applied to pile driving. From 1955 to 1962, E. A. L. Smith presented a

mathematical model for the pile driving problems that could be solved by computer. He

suggested using soil quake and soil damping to model soil behavior subject to impact

loading. However, Smith soil parameters, soil quake and soil damping are nonstandard

soil mechanics parameters that only can be determined through back analysis of pile

driving records and pile load tests. Forehand and Reese (1964) noted that a number of

combinations of the quake and damping could be used to fit a test data.

Currently the best approach to determine the Smith soil parameters is to perform

CAPWAP analysis by using the PDA monitoring data. However, CAPWAP analysis is a

Linear Algebra process to determine the best-fit solution and does not has unique

solution. In addition, driving conditions have significant impacts on the PDA results.

This makes the determination of Smith soil parameters even more difficult. There are

significant amount of efforts performed in the past two decades to compile numerical

values of Smith soil parameters. However, the data were widely scattered, it was very

difficult to establish an empirical relation to estimate the Smith soil parameters. The

database from UF as discussed in Chapter 3 also indicated the same trend. Although

many researchers worked on developing the theoretical expression of the Smith soil

parameters, no predicted values were available to validate the proposed equations.

6.2 Summary

Based on the evaluation of the UF database, it indicated that the ranges of Smith

soil parameters did not have significant difference for different soil types. There is no

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one-to-one correlation between Smith soil parameters and SPT-N values. However,

according to the theoretical expressions proposed by many researchers, Smith soil

parameters may be influenced by the SPT-N value and hammer energy. Therefore, a

regression analysis was perform on the UF database in term of SPT-N value and hammer

energy. The results were presented in Chapter 4. A comparison study of wave equation

analysis using program GRLWEAP was performed using the Smith soil parameters from

the default values of GRL, Inc (1993), CAPWAP results and the proposed empirical

relations between Smith soil parameters and SPT-N value and Hammer energy. The

results were summarized as follows.

1. GRLWEAP prediction at the end of initial driving (EOD) condition under-

estimated the pile capacity compared to the measured Davisson capacity

of static load tests using the Smith soil parameters CAPWAP results and

proposed equations. The average ratios of QdQ, were 0.66 and 0.70 for

CAPWAP result case and proposed equation case, respectively. It was

because the Smith soil parameters were determined from end of initial

driving (EOD) condition which did not consider the pile freeze effect.

2. GRLWEAP slightly under predicts measured capacity for beginning of

redriving (BOR) condition using the Smith soil parameters of CAPWAP

results, and the average Q d Q m was 0.95. The prediction of GRLWEAP at

the beginning of redriving (BOR) using the Smith soil parameters of

proposed equations slightly over-estimated the measured capacity, and the

average QdQm was 1.09.

3. The GRLWEAP prediction using the GRL default values of Smith soil

parameters has an average Q d Q m of 0.76. This indicated that a better

prediction for EOD condition compared to the other two methods.

However, the coefficient of variation in the highest among the three

methods. Also, comparing to the BOR condition, the GRL default value

greatly underestimated the pile capacity

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6.3 Conclusions and Recommendations

The pile capacity estimated by GRLWEAP using the Smith soil parameters

determined by the proposed empirical equations was in reasonable agreement with the

load test results and was the best compared to the other two methods. However, there

are significant variations compared to the load test results. The main reasons are:

1. The quality of database. The results of CAPWAP analysis were used as

basic source for regression study. However, the prediction of CAPWAP

analysis already posed significant scattered.

2. Lack of unique solution of CAPWAP analysis. Although CAPWAP can

be used to back calculate the Smith soil parameters, the lack of unique

solution make it very difficult to select a site-specific parameters.

3 . Dependence of Smith soil parameters. Smith soil parameters in

conjunction with the estimated total capacity and resistance distribution

are a set of parameters that can't be separated in CAPWAP analysis.

Therefore, a regression analysis using one parameter at a time may

significantly increase the scatter of the results.

4. Uncertainty of the efficiency of hammer and transfer energy.

Mobilization of the soil resistance has significant impact on determining

the Smith soil parameters. However, the performance of the driving

system sometimes is unpredictable.

To overcome the problems, a rational model using soil mechanics parameters,

such as shear modulus and finite element analysis may provide a better approach to solve

the pile driving problems. However, the uncertainty of driving conditions during pile

installation still make the prediction of the pile capacity using wave equation analysis

difficult. Exploration of other alternatives to estimate pile capacity without solving the

wave equation analysis is encouraged.

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APPENDIX

UF DATABASE SUMMARY

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