Influence of space of double row piles on soil arching effect

FLAC3d software, based on continuous theory, is used to analysis influence of space of double row piles on soil\ud arching effect. The result shows that different from single row pile, double row piles will produce soil arching\ud effect at front pile and rear pile severally, this phenomenon is called multiple soil arching effect; the residual\ud load of front of front row pile will increase,the soil arch zone and the soil arching effect will decrease with the\ud continuous increase of double row pile spacing.At the same time the soil arching effect of rear pile decreases,\ud while the soil arching effect of front pile increases and finally the soil arching effect between front pile and rear\ud pile will be equal