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Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE A (Applied Physics & Engineering)  2012, Vol. 13 Issue (1): 44-55    DOI: 10.1631/jzus.A1100172
Civil Engineering     
Coupled 3D discrete-continuum numerical modeling of pile penetration in sand
Jian Zhou, Qi-wei Jian, Jiao Zhang, Jian-jun Guo
Department of Geotechnical Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China; School of Civil Engineering and Transportation, Shanghai Technical College of Urban Management, Shanghai 200432, China; Sichuan Provincial Chuanjian Investigation and Design Institute, Chengdu 610017, China
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Abstract  A coupled discrete-continuum simulation incorporating a 3D aspect and non-circular particles was performed to analyze soil-pile interactions during pile penetration in sand. A self-developed non-circular particle numerical simulation program was used which considered sand near the pile as interacted particles using a discrete element method; the sand away from the pile was simulated as a continuous medium exhibiting linear elastic behaviors. The domain analyzed was divided into two zones. Contact forces at the interface between the two zones were obtained from a discrete zone and applied to the continuum boundaries as nodal forces, while the interface velocities were obtained from the continuum zone and applied to the discrete boundaries. We show that the coupled discrete-continuum simulation can give a microscopic description of the pile penetration process without losing the discrete nature of the zone concerned, and may significantly improve computational efficiency.

Key wordsCoupled numerical modeling      Discrete-continuum      Micro and macro 3D simulation      Non-circular particles      Pile penetration mechanism     
Received: 02 July 2011      Published: 04 January 2012
CLC:  TU473  
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Jian Zhou, Qi-wei Jian, Jiao Zhang, Jian-jun Guo. Coupled 3D discrete-continuum numerical modeling of pile penetration in sand. Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE A (Applied Physics & Engineering), 2012, 13(1): 44-55.

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