About the influence of one-way loading on the bearing behaviour of precast concrete piles for onshore wind energy plants

Journal
Geotechnik  
Volume
40
Issue
1
Start Page
15
End Page
34
Citation
Geotechnik 1 (40): 15-34 (2017-03-01)
Publisher DOI
10.1002/gete.201500030
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85015288498
About the influence of one-way loading on the bearing be haviour of precast concrete piles for onshore wind energy plants. Due to the energy transition several wind energy plants are built. Precast impact driven concrete piles represent one option to realise foundation piles onshore. In Germany, the bearing capacity of these piles can be estimated using empirical values taken from current standards or using in-house specifications of plant producers. Cyclic loading of such foundations exceeding 20 [%] of the static characteristic pile bearing capacity have to be considered when estimating the pile bearing capacity. However, the consequences of cyclic loading for the bearing behaviour of precast impact driven concrete piles are not fully understood yet. Therefore, field tests in cohesive and non-cohesive soils considering static and cyclic loading with different load amplitudes have been conducted and are presented within this paper. Using prevalent methods stated in current standards to estimate the bearing capacity of piles under static and cyclic loading are applied to recalculate the results of the field tests. Thereby, the suitability of these methods for estimation of the bearing behaviour of precast impact driven concrete piles under static and cyclic loading is reviewed.