Model tests on pervious concrete pile and impervious concrete pile composite foundation

¹ Institude of Geotechnical Engineering, Southeast University, 211189 Nanjing, P. R. China
² Zhejiang provincial institute of communications planning, design and research, 310006 Hangzhou, P. R. China

^* Corresponding author: caijun129@seu.edu.cn

Abstract

Taking the advantages of high permeability and high strength, pervious concrete piles is suitable for improving ground bearing capacity and reduce the post-construction settlement, so pervious concrete pile composite foundation is a new foundation treatment. As pervious concrete piles were designed to accelerate soil consolidation and improve the ground bearing capacity, so model test of pervious concrete piles were conducted to evaluate the consolidation effect. Pervious concrete with porosity 20%, 25%, 30% and 35% was designed to compare the strength and permeability, and the porosity of 30% was selected, so the pile was made for the model test. Compared with impervious concrete pile composite foundation, as the pervious pile shortens the drainage path, pervious concrete pile composite foundation can shorten the consolidation time by about 30.3% and significantly reduce the peak value of excess pore pressure. With the increase of load and consolidation rate of soil around the pile, the stress ratio of pervious concrete pile increase first, then decrease and tend to be flat.