Study on time effect of residual pressure and bearing characteristics of jacked pile in saturated silt foundation

Abstract The history of stress in soil mass and pile surface roughness significantly impacts the time effect of residual pressure at the pile end and bearing characteristics of the jacked pile. In this study, the impacts of soil over-consolidation ratio and pile surface roughness on the time effect of residual pressure and bearing characteristics of jacked pile end in saturated silt foundation are explored. Through the independently developed model test device for the vertical bearing characteristics of jacked pile, the driving of jacked pile with different pile surface roughness and static load tests at different resting phases are carried out on saturated silt foundations with different over-consolidation ratios. The model box is cylindrical in shape with a size of 40 cm × 48 cm (inner diameter × height) and is made of transparent tempered glass. The results show that: the increase in surface roughness of jacked pile in saturated silt foundation causes not only the increase in the pile side friction but also the increase in the pile end resistance during the static pressure sinking pile; the change laws on the residual pressure of pile end and limit friction resistance of pile side for jacked pile in saturated silt foundation vary with over-consolidation ratio of soil mass and the pile surface roughness