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Experimental investigations of the soil-concrete interface: physical mechanisms, cyclic mobilisation and behaviour at different temperatures

Di Donna, Alice  
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Ferrari, Alessio  
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Laloui, Lyesse  
2016
Canadian Geotechnical Journal

The behaviour of the pile-soil interface is important for the response of floating piles in terms of displacement and lateral friction. Regarding energy piles, which couple the structural roles of deep foundations with the principle of shallow geothermal energy, the response of pile-soil interfaces is influenced by the seasonal and daily cyclic thermal variations. Accordingly, the goal of this paper is to experimentally investigate the response of the pile-soil interface at different temperatures. This experimental campaign aims to analyse (i) the cyclic mobilisation of the shear strength of the soil-pile interface that is induced by thermal deformation of the pile and (ii) the direct influence of temperature variations on the soil and soil-pile interface behaviour. In this study, a direct shear device was developed and calibrated for non-isothermal soil-structure interface testing. It appeared that the sand-concrete interface was affected by cyclic degradation but not directly by temperature. Conversely, the response of clay-concrete interface changed at different temperatures, showing an increase of strength with increasing temperature, presumably due to the effects of temperature on clay deformation.

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research article
DOI
10.1139/cgj-2015-0294
Web of Science ID

WOS:000375936300008

Author(s)
Di Donna, Alice  
Ferrari, Alessio  
Laloui, Lyesse  
Date Issued

2016

Publisher

National Research Council Canada

Published in
Canadian Geotechnical Journal
Volume

53

Issue

4

Start page

659

End page

672

Subjects

pile-soil interface

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laboratory testing

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temperature control

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cyclic loading

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soil-concrete interface

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REVIEWED

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October 14, 2015
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