TY - JOUR
T1 - Development and application of H-joint steel pipe sheet piles in construction of foundations for structures
AU - Kimura, Makoto
AU - Inazumi, Shinya
AU - Too, Jonah Kiptanui Arap
AU - Isobe, Koichi
AU - Mitsuda, Yuuki
AU - Nishiyama, Yoshikazu
PY - 2007/1/1
Y1 - 2007/1/1
N2 - This paper shows development and application potential of newly developed H-joint steel pipe sheet piles (SPSPs) in SPSP structures. The authors have developed a new H-joint SPSPs technology from a simple idea in which two steel pipes are connected by H-steel section welded on them in order to improve the performance and widen application areas of SPSP technology. The H-joint SPSP is expected to remediate problems of traditional joints in SPSPs. Installation accuracy, proposed field segment joint using a fillet welded splice plate and lateral bearing capacity for H-joint SPSPs were examined by field construction tests, full-scale bending tests and centrifuge model tests, respectively. Parametric studies using beam analysis were conducted to show that the cross sectional dimensions of SPSP foundations can be reduced by using H-joint SPSPs and to estimate a joint efficiency (μ) for design of H-joint SPSP foundation structures. The following observations were made from the studies: (1) H-joint SPSP can be installed with high driving accuracy due to rigidly welding 2 steel pipes and H-steel in a factory, (2) The proposed field segment joint for H-joint SPSP using a splice plate is strong and effective in bending, (3) H-joint SPSPs have high rigidity hence large lateral bearing capacity making them suitable in ensuring the stability of SPSP foundation structures, (4) A joint efficiency of H-joint SPSP foundation is larger than that of SPSP foundation with traditional joints, and (5) H-joint SPSP contributes to reducing the number of piles based on the reduction of the size dimension of the SPSP foundation.
AB - This paper shows development and application potential of newly developed H-joint steel pipe sheet piles (SPSPs) in SPSP structures. The authors have developed a new H-joint SPSPs technology from a simple idea in which two steel pipes are connected by H-steel section welded on them in order to improve the performance and widen application areas of SPSP technology. The H-joint SPSP is expected to remediate problems of traditional joints in SPSPs. Installation accuracy, proposed field segment joint using a fillet welded splice plate and lateral bearing capacity for H-joint SPSPs were examined by field construction tests, full-scale bending tests and centrifuge model tests, respectively. Parametric studies using beam analysis were conducted to show that the cross sectional dimensions of SPSP foundations can be reduced by using H-joint SPSPs and to estimate a joint efficiency (μ) for design of H-joint SPSP foundation structures. The following observations were made from the studies: (1) H-joint SPSP can be installed with high driving accuracy due to rigidly welding 2 steel pipes and H-steel in a factory, (2) The proposed field segment joint for H-joint SPSP using a splice plate is strong and effective in bending, (3) H-joint SPSPs have high rigidity hence large lateral bearing capacity making them suitable in ensuring the stability of SPSP foundation structures, (4) A joint efficiency of H-joint SPSP foundation is larger than that of SPSP foundation with traditional joints, and (5) H-joint SPSP contributes to reducing the number of piles based on the reduction of the size dimension of the SPSP foundation.
KW - Beam analysis
KW - Centrifuge model test
KW - Field construction test
KW - Full-scale bending test
KW - H-joint steel pipe sheet pile
KW - Joint efficiency
KW - Lateral bearing capacity
KW - Steel pipe sheet pile foundation
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U2 - 10.3208/sandf.47.237
DO - 10.3208/sandf.47.237
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:41149094258
VL - 47
SP - 237
EP - 251
JO - Soils and Foundations
JF - Soils and Foundations
SN - 0038-0806
IS - 2
ER -