Research Article

Analysis of Soil Response during High-Frequency Vibratory Steel Pipe Pile Driving in Soft Soil

Table 2

Material parameters in the simulation.

PartParameterDescriptionValueUnit

SoilROMass density2,350kg/m3
GShear modulus34.5MPa
BULKBulk modulus for unloading used for VCR = 0.015MPa
A0Yield function constant for plastic yield function1.0 × 106Pa2
A11,500Pa
A20.152
PCPressure cutoff for tensile fracture0Pa
VCRVolumetric crushing option0
REFUse reference geometry to initialize the pressure0

PileROMass density7,850kg/m3
EYoung’s modulus210GPa
PRPoisson’s ratio0.32