Nonlinear numerical simulation of dynamic response of pile site and pile foundation under earthquake

Abstract To study the influence of the nonlinear connection of pile and soil on the dynamic response characteristics of the pile foundation, this article proposes to study the dynamic response of the bridge pile foundation to the slope by combining the centrifugal shaking table test and OPENSEES open source finite element program. This article introduces the pressure-dependent multiyield surface model based on confining pressure. Through the inverse calculation of the similarity ratio of the centrifuge model test, the OPENSEES two-dimensional nonlinear finite element model of the pile group in the slope section can be established. The centrifuge shaking table test is to input the preset seismic wave horizontally at the bottom of the model box. The form of seismic wave is El Centro wave verification of two-dimensional finite element model of the pile group in slope section under earthquake. The reliability of the model is verified by comparing the test and calculated values of dynamic response (residual horizontal displacement and final bending moment) of the pile body under five different peak acceleration seismic wave loading conditions. In the dynamic response experiment of slope pile foundation, in the embedded part below the bedrock surface, the residual horizontal displacement of each pile body is zero. Constrained by the cap beam and tie beam, the displacement of the free section of the pile group at these two positions is basically the same. Through comprehensive analysis, the displacement of P1 and P2 piles is basically the same. The calculated value of the final bending moment of P1 and P2 piles shows the same change trend as the test value, and the test value is slightly larger than the calculated value. The relative errors of the maximum final bending moment of P1 pile under each loading condition are 7.4, 7.8, 12.6, 3.9, and 9.6%, respectively, and the relative errors of P2 pile are 4.6, 3.6, 12.5, 13.6, and 11.5%, respectively. The analysis relative error is caused by the elastic element used in the calculation of the pile body, which is different from the mechanical behavior of the simulated pile body material in the test. Dynamic response of slope site according to the existing centrifuge test results can be seen that the deformation at the slope shoulder of slope site is the most obvious under the earthquake. The inclined interface of soft and hard rock and soil layer will aggravate the dynamic response of the overburden layer on the slope, weakening its ability of seismic energy consumption.