Experimental Study and Numerical Simulation of the Effect of Rigid Pile Composite Foundations on Slab Culverts

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="6"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Materials</td><td class="align_center">Elastic modulus (MPa)</td><td class="align_center">Poisson’s ratio</td><td class="align_center"><i>Γ</i> (kN/m<sup>3</sup>)</td><td class="align_center">Cohesion (kPa)</td><td class="align_center">Friction angle (°)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="6"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Backfill</td><td class="align_center">20</td><td class="align_center">0.3</td><td class="align_center">19</td><td class="align_center">30</td><td class="align_center">30</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Soft soil</td><td class="align_center">5</td><td class="align_center">0.27</td><td class="align_center">19</td><td class="align_center">18</td><td class="align_center">20</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="6"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Material properties of centrifuge experiments.</div>

Advances in Civil Engineering

tab1

Table 1

Table 1: Experimental Study and Numerical Simulation of the Effect of Rigid Pile Composite Foundations on Slab Culverts 