Fuentes, R orcid.org/0000-0001-8617-7381, Pinyol, N and Alonso, E (2016) Effect of temperature induced excess porewater pressures on the shaft bearing capacity of geothermal piles. Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment, 8. pp. 30-37. ISSN 2352-3808
Abstract
Changes in temperature in clays of low permeability typically induce excess porewater pressures. In the context of geothermal piles this effect has typically been overlooked since most installations have occurred in soils with higher values of permeability. A parametric study is presented that solves the governing differential equations one dimensionally in a pile to study the influence of the various parameters: temperature of the fluid, permeability and soil compressibility. A new shaft resistance reduction ratio has been also defined to illustrate the loss of bearing capacity. The study shows that when the value of permeability is 1E-11 m/s or lower, combined with a soil compressibility in excess of 20,000 MPa, the developed excess porewater pressures can potentially reduce the effective stress locally to very low values. The solution applied to the case of the Lambeth College, London, also provides a plausible explanation to the observed loss of shaft friction of the tested pile.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Keywords: | piles; geothermal; bearing capacity |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Civil Engineering (Leeds) > Institute for Resilient Infrastructure (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number EU - European Union 656889 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 19 Oct 2016 09:51 |
Last Modified: | 07 Aug 2019 10:24 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gete.2016.10.003 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.gete.2016.10.003 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:106161 |