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UseofaLineofPilestoPreventDamages
InducedbyTunnelExcavation
EmilioBilotta
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andGianpieroRusso
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Abstract:Buildingsfoundedinproximitytoshallowtunnelsunderconstructionmaybedamagedbythegrounddisplacements
amatterofconcernfordesign,andavarietyofprotectiveinterventionsarecurrentlyadoptedtopreventsuch
hese,paper,theeffectivenessofasimplerowofpilesis
computedbymeansofthree-dimensional(3D)finite-element(FE)analyses,thusallowingtheinvestigationoftherelationshipbetween
performanceandsomesimplegeometricalparameters,ultsofcentrifugetestsarereported
entialdamagehasbeenquantifiedinthiswork,takingintoaccountboththesettlementprofileand
ownthatalthoughthesettlementreductionissignificantonly
forverysmallspacing(s¼2–3pilediameters),evenlargelyspacedpiles(s¼5–6pilediameters)areusefultopreventdamagetobuildings
:10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000426.©2011American
SocietyofCivilEngineers.
CEDatabasesubjectheadings:Tunnels;Piles;Excavation;Settlement;Damage;Protectivestructures.
Authorkeywords:Tunnels;Piles;Excavation;Settlement;Damage;Protectivestructures.
Introduction
Thebehaviorofpilesduringtheexcavationofshallowtunnelshas
concern
istheinteractionbetweentunnelsanddeepfoundationsandthe
needtoavoiddetrimentaleffectsonadjacentpiledbuildingsor
lresearchershaveworkedinthisfieldonboth
hem,Chenetal.
(1999)andLoganathanetal.(2001)comparedtheresultsof
simplifiedboundary-element(BE),finite-element(FE),andfinite-
difference(FD)analysesofsingle-pileandpile-groupresponseto
ghlightedtheinfluenceofseveral
factors,suchaspilelengthandlocation,andshowedthatwhen
thepiletipislocatedbelowthetunnel,thepile-headsettlement
dometal.(2005)extendedtheconclusionsof
thepreviousworkstopiledrafts,alsoshowingthattheresponse
ofpiledraftandpilegroupisalmostidenticalwhenthepile-
slendernessratioishigh(L=d¼25).
Three-dimensional(3D)numericalmodelingbyLeeandNg
(2005)evidencedazoneofinfluenceoftheexcavationonthepile,
roughlyfromonetunneldiameteraheadtoonediameterbehindthe
tunnelexcavationface,wherethepilesettlementislargerthan
thegroundsurfacesettlementbecauseoftheyieldingofsoilaround
stresultisconsistentwiththeexperimental
AssistantProfessor,DepartmentofHydraulic,GeotechnicalandEnvir-
onmentalEngineering,liFedericoII,ViaClaudio21,80125
Napoli,Italy.
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Ph.D.,AssociateProfessor,DepartmentofHydraulic,Geotechnical
andEnvironmentalEngineering,liFedericoII(Italy),Via
Claudio21,80125Napoli,Italy.
nuscriptwassubmittedonOctober14,2009;approvedon
August5,2010;publishedonlineonAugust11,sionperiod
openuntilAugust1,2011;separatediscussionsmustbesubmittedfor
perispartoftheJournalofGeotechnical
andGeoenvironmentalEngineering,Vol.137,No.3,March1,2011.
©ASCE,ISSN1090-0241/2011/3-254–262/$25.00.
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findingsfromplane-straincentrifugetestsreportedbyJacobszetal.
(2004).Also,centrifugetestsperformedbyLoganathanetal.
(2000)showedagoodagreementwiththenumericalresultsof
LeeandNg(2005)intermsofbothsubsurfacesettlementsandpile
internalforces,,
whentheexcavationfrontisaboutthreetunneldiametersbeyond
thepilesection).CentrifugetestsbyMcNamaraetal.(2003)and
LeeandChiang(2007)onloadedpileshighlightedthatthehigher
theworkingloadbeforetunneling,thehigherthesettlementof
thepileafter.
Morerecently,YooandKim(2008)used3Dnumericalanalyses
ofopen-facetunnelingclosetoapile-supportedbuildingto
showthatreducingthetunnelfacelosswillminimizenotonly
thebuildingsettlementbutalsoitstilting.
Theinfluenceofthelocationofpiletoerelativetothetunnel
wasalsoshownforembeddeddiaphragmwallsbyBilotta
(2004,2008)andBilottaandStallebrass(2009)inbothcentrifuge
eproblemwasstudied
with1gphysicalmodelingbyLeeandBasset(2006)andLee
andYoo(2006).
Incommonpractice,pileshavebeensometimespurposely
installedbeforetunnelingtoprotectexistingfoundationsfrom
,thelevelofdamagethatcanbe
sufferedbyabuildingfoundedclosetoshallowtunnelsunder
construction,suchasthosecommonlyexcavatedwithtunnelboring
machines(TBMs)forurbanundergroundrailways,isoneofthe
keyquestionsofthedesignstage.
Applicationsofalineofpiles,interposedbetweenthetunnelto
beexcavatedandtheexistingbuildingtobeprotected,havebeen
,
Gensetal.2006;DiMarianoetal.2007).
Oteoetal.(2007)collectedanumberofcasehistoriesinwhich
theefficiencyofdoublerowsofjet-groutingcolumnswithdifferent
finetheefficiencyastheratio
betweengreenfieldsettlementandthesettlementwiththeprotect-
ingmeasure,reportingexperimentalresultswithacoefficient
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rmore,theauthorsfound
thatthelowerthestiffnessoftheundisturbedsoilthehigherthe
efficiency.
Inthispaper,theefficiencyofasinglerowofunloadedpilesis
computedbymeansof3DFEanalyses,investigatingthepossibility
ofoptimizingthedesignofthelinebyvaryingthespacingbetween
eoftheadopted3Dmesh,asimpletwo-dimensional
(2D)excavationschemewasusedtosimulatethetunnelconstruc-
tion,allowingcomparisonwiththeresultsofcentrifugetests
(Bilottaetal.2006a)oiceprevented
thedevelopmentofdisplacementpatternssuchasthoseevidenced
byYooandKim(2008),characterizedbythetiltingofpiledbuild-
eformation
patternisunrealisticforatunnelexcavatedbyTBM,wheretheface
lossisgenerallynegligible.
Thechoiceofgreenfieldconditionsasareferenceforevaluat-
ingtheefficiencyofthepilesisjustifiedbythefactthatmany
methodstodefinethelevelofdamageonthestructuresarebased
tance,anestablishedprocedurefor
assessingthedamageonmasonrybuildingshasbeenproposed
byBurlandetal.(2003).Suchaprocedurehasbeenwidelyused
duringthedesignoftheJubileeLineextensioninLondon
(Burlandetal.2001).BasedontheworksofBurlandandWroth
(1974)andBurlandetal.(1977)onsettlementsofbuildingsand
associateddamagesandontheworkbyBoscardinandCording
(1989)ontheresponseofbuildingstoexcavation-inducedsettle-
ments,theprocedurerelatesthelevelofdamagesufferedbya
masonrybuildingtothegreenfieldprofileofsettlementsinduced
bytunneling.
Theinfluenceofthepilespacingonthereductionofthelevelof
damageinducedtoamasonrybuildingwithashallowfoundationis
alsoshowninthispaper.
NumericalModel
Theresultsofasetofanalysesona3DFEmodelofalineofpiles
onthesideofashallowcirculartunnelbeingexcavatedin
neliscir-
cular,withdiameterD¼8masanaveragevalueofthosetypical
forundergroundrailways;thetunnelaxisissetatthedepth
z
o
¼Cþ0:5D¼,covertodiameterratioC=D¼
,just
beyondtheinflectionpoint,wherethegreenfieldsettlementtrough
ometrywas
thoughttoberepresentativeofatypicalcaseforusinganefficient
verticalbarriertomitigatethegroundmovementsinducedbytun-
neling,basedontheresultsofapreviousplane-strainparametric
analysis(Bilottaetal.2006b).Thatworkshowedthatforcircular
tunnelswithC=D¼1–2,averticaldiaphragmwalllocatedwithin
onetunneldiameterawayfromthetunnelsideshouldbeatleastas
deepastheinvertleveltobeeffectiveinreducinggroundmove-
ments,andthattheefficiencyofthewalldoesnotimprovenotice-
eofthespacing
betweenpiles,theefficiencyofalineofpilesisexpectedtobe
ore,thepilesweredeepened
about0:5Dbelowthetunnelinvert(L≅Cþ1:5D)toaccountfor
parison,asetofanalyseswasalso
performedwithshorterpiles(L≅Cþ0:5D).Thepile-soilrelative
stiffnesswasvariedbychangingboththepileandsoilstiffness.
Thenumericalanalyseshavebeenperformedbymeansofthe
FEcodePlaxis3DTunnel(BrinkgreveandBroere2004)thathas
beendevelopedspecificallyfortheanalysisofboundary-value
-
gramallowsa3DFEmeshtobegeneratedbasedonarepetitive
hofsuchasection,intheplane
transversetothetunnellongitudinalaxis,was80mwideand30m
frontviewandelevation(L≅Cþ1:5D)
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rametersforHardeningSoil
Parameter
γ
E
50;ref
(forp
ref
¼100kPa)
E
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(forp
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¼100kPa)
E
oed;ref
(forp
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¼100kPa)
Cohesionc
Frictionangleϕ
Dilatancyangleψ
Poissonratioν
ur
Powerm
Tensilestrength
Failureratioq
failure
=q
asymptote
Value
17.5
8to25
2:8·E
50;ref
E
50;ref
0.001
(20°to30°)
0
0.2
1
0
0.9
kN=m
3
MPa
MPa
MPa
kPa
°
°
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kPa
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extrudedforawidthof3malongthethirdaxisforming13adjacent
slicesofapproximately13,rvertical
boundariesofthemeshwerefixedinthehorizontaldirectionand
leftfreetosettle;thebottomwasfullyfixed,inhibitingbothhori-
undwatertablewassetat
thegroundlevel,andtheinitialeffectivestressfieldwasderived
fromthesoilfrictionangleϕ
0
byassuminganearthpressureco-
efficientK
0
¼1Àsinϕ.AviewofthemeshisshowninFig.1.
Thecomputationwasperformedusingeffectivestressesandthe
soilwasmodeledbytheHardeningSoilmodel,anonlinearelastic-
plasticconstitutivelawwithvolumetricanddeviatorichardening,
implementedinthecode(Schanzetal.1999).Thesetofconstit-
utiveparametersassumedintheanalysesisshowninTable1.
Thetunnelwasmodeledasacircularunlinedcavity,supported
withaloaddistributionequaltothestressesexchangedonthe
avationwasthensimulatedin
severalstepsassociatedwithdifferentpercentagesofstressreduc-
greenfieldanalysisallowed
thecomputationofthesettlementtroughsatdifferentstressreduc-
tionlevels.
Thepilesweremodeledasstructuralelementswiththesame
aceelementswerealsointerposedbetween
thestructuresandthesoil,becausetheyallowthesizeofthesoil
elementstobeincreasedaroundthestructurecomparedtothe
modelwithoutinterfaceswithnosignificantlossintheaccuracy
aviorofarealinterfacestrongly
dependsontheconstructionprocessofthepile,andtheinterface
heless,
asinthisstudythepileswereconsideredaswished-in-place,this
issuewasconsistentlyneglectedandthesamestiffnessandstrength
ofthesurroundingsoilwereattributedtotheinterfaceelements.
Theinfluenceofthepile-soilinterfaceontheefficiencyoftheline
ofpilesinmitigatinggroundmovementsisbeyondthescopeofthis
work,butitwasdiscussedforthelimitedcaseofacontinuouswall
ofpilesbyBilotta(2008)onthebasisofbothcentrifugetestsand
FEanalyses.
Thestructuralelementmodelingthepilewasanelasticplateof
rectangularcrosssectionwithgivenflexuralandaxialstiffness
perunitwidth(EIandEA,respectively),asshowninTable2:a
relativestiffnessbetweenthesoilandstructurewasdefinedas
EI=E
50;ref
D
3
,whereE
50;ref
isareferencestiffnessmodulusfor
thehardeningsoilmodel(Schanzetal.1999).Eachpilehadafinite
thesliceshadawidthb¼0:25m,exceptforthefrontandrear
sliceswhosewidthwassettob¼0:lyseswerecar-
riedoutwithrowsofpilesatdifferentspacings:fivedifferentvalues
oftheratios=bweremodeled(s=b=2,3,4,6,and12).A3-m-wide
,s=b¼1,esofthese
configurationsareshowninFig.2.
uralElementCharacteristics
L(m)
Piles
Diaphragmwall
From11.2to19.2
b(m)
0.25
3
EI(kNm
2
=m)
From5:90Eþ4to3:43Eþ6
EA(kN=m)
From1:43Eþ7to5:46Eþ7
ν
0.25
s=b
2;3;4;6;12
—
urationsofstructuralelements
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V
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¼1%ÀE
50;ref
¼25MPa
GroundandStructureDisplacements
SurfaceSettlementsandGroundHorizontal
Displacements
Settlementsandhorizontaldisplacementswerecomputedatthe
surfaceinthenumericalmodelwithpilesandcomparedtothe
vesshowninFig.3
(L≅Cþ1:5D)wereplottedforareferencesetofsoiland
platestiffness(E
50;ref
¼25MPa,EA¼1:43×10
7
kN=mand
EI¼5:90×10
4
kNm
2
=m).Differentcurvesarecomparedin
thefigurefordifferentvaluesofs=curvesrefertothe
sameamountofvolumeloss,V
0
¼1%.AGaussianprofile
(Peck1969)computedbyassuminganinflectionpointi¼
0:5Ãz
o
(K¼0:5)isalsoshowninFig.3(a)forcomparisonwith
ureshowsthattheset-
tlements[Fig.3(a)]andthehorizontaldisplacements[Fig.3(b)]at
therightsideofthelineofpilesdecreasedascomparedtothe
ductionisadecreasingfunctionofthe
pilespacing,thehigherreductionbeingobservedforthecontinu-
ousdiaphragmwall(s=b¼1).Fig.3(a)alsoshowstheincreaseof
settlementabovethetunnelcenterlineinundrainedconditions,
sincethepredictionsarecomparedatthesamevolumeloss.
Thesurfacesettlementofthealignmentinthelongitudinaldirec-
tionzatx¼esgenerallysettlelessthan
thesurroundingground:thesoilsettlementbetweenthepiles
r,thegroupeffect
ofthepileinthelineisthatofgloballyreducingtheaverage
settlement.
HorizontalDisplacementsofthePilesandthe
DiaphragmWall
Thehorizontaldisplacementsofthelineofpilesonthefrontplane
ofthemodel(z¼3)areshowninFig.5(L≅Cþ1:5D)atthe
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mentsalongthelineofpiles(L≅Cþ1:5D)inlongitudinaldirectionandgreenfield,atV
0
¼1%ÀE
50;ref
¼25MPa
ntaldisplacementsonthefrontplane(z¼3m),forseveralconfigurations(L≅Cþ1:5D)atV
0
¼1%ÀE
50;ref
¼25MPa
samevolumeloss(V
0
¼1%)foralltheconfigurationsexcept
s=b¼12ands=b¼4,wherenopileswereonthefrontslice.
Thepresenceofpilesaltersthegreenfielddeformationpatterns
ngreenfieldconditions,thesoilatthe
depthofthetunnelisattractedtowardthecavity,butthepiles,
whicharefoundedbelowthetunnelinvert,reducesuchapattern
therhand,theexcavationcausesthehori-
zontaleffectivestressestoincreaseatmiddepthbetweenthetunnel
singreenfieldconditions,soilarch-
ingpermitsagradualadjustmentofthestressesaroundthetunnel,
anunbalancedthrustarisesonthepiles,loadingthemoutwardand
producinghorizontaldisplacementsoppositetothegreenfieldcon-
ally,nearthesurface,thehorizontaldisplacements
areinallcasesdirectedtowardthetunnel,theirmagnitudedecreas-
ingasthepilespacingdecreases.
theGeotechnicalEngineeringResearchCenterofCityUniversity
London(Bilotta2004;Bilottaetal.2006a).
of
eighttestswereconsidered,whichcanbedividedintothreegroups.
Foreachgroup,
addition,Group1comprisesatestonamodelaluminumdia-
phragmwallwiththetipreachingapproximatelythetunnelaxis
(L≅Cþ0:5D);Group2acomprisesatestonadiaphragmwall
esoftheBenchmarkTests
Group
1
2a
2b
Test
EB2
EB3
EB6
EB13
BB1
BB2
BB3
BB4
C=D
0.9
1
1
1
1
3.1
6.2
12.5
s=bL(mm)[m]b(mm)[m]d(mm)[m]
50[8]
50
75
75
75
[8]
[12]
[12]
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ExperimentalBenchmark
Thenumericalanalyseswerecomparedwiththeexperimental
resultsofaseriesofcentrifugetestsperformedinstiffclayat
Greenfield
70[11.2]0.8[0.136]
Greenfield
120[19.2]0.8[0.136]
120[19.2]1.6[0.316]
120[19.2]1.6[0.316]
120[19.2]1.6[0.316]
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foundedbelowthetunnelinvert(L≅Cþ1:5D);andGroup2b
comprisesthreetestsonlinesofaluminumpilesofthesamelength
ofgroup2a,butwithdifferentspacing.
Allthetestswereperformedat160g,allowingthemodelsizeto
uesshown
inthetablerefertothemodelscale(inmm)andthecorresponding
valuesattheprototypescalearealsoshowninitalics(inm).Inthe
table,thesymbolbrepresentseitherthewidthofthediaphragm
elreinforcingelements
(wallorpiles)weremadeofaluminum,butTable3indicatesthe
equivalentthicknessoftheprototypeshadtheybeenconstructedof
reinforcedconcrete,accordingtothedifferentYoung’smoduliof
thetwomaterials.
EffectivenessoftheProtectingMeasure
Theeffectivenessofaverticalstructuralelementforreducingthe
settlementsinducedbytunnelingcanbeexpressedbyanefficiency
parameterasfollows:
η¼ðS
ref
ÀS
bp
Þ=S
ref
ð1Þ
whereS
bp
=settlementofthegroundsurfaceimmediatelybeyond
theheadofpiles;andS
ref
=surfacesettlementatthesamelocation
inthegreenfield.
Intheexperiments,thedisplacementsoftargetslocatedatthe
frontfaceofthemodelweremeasuredusinganimage-based
deformationanalysissystem(Tayloretal.1998).Thusthevalue
ofS
bp
wascalculatedbyextrapolatingthetrendofmeasurements
behindthepileorwalltothereferenceposition.
Inthenumericalanalyses,profilesofS
bp
,suchasthoseshownin
Fig.4,werecalculatedasfollows:asthedisplacementvarieswith
thelongitudinalabscissaz,themaximumsettlementoftheground
betweenpileswasusedtocomputetheefficiency.
InFig.6,suchcurvesofefficiencyareplottedforV
0
¼1%;the
twobandshatchedinthebackgroundrepresenttheenvelopeofthe
sameresultsforV
0
rangingbetween0.5%and2.5%,whicharenot
.6alsoshowstheresults
ofthecentrifugetestsforV
0
=1.35and5%(pairsofpointsatthe
sames=b).ResultsforlowervaluesofV
0
werenotreportedbecause
theywerejudgedunreliableowingtotheaccuracyofthemeasuring
device.
Theexperimentalresultsshowanefficiencyslightlylowerthan
enumerical
andexperimentalresultsshowthevolumelossinfluenceonthe
iciencyofthelonger
piles(L≅Cþ1:5D)appearshighandrelativelyconstantforsmall
valuesofspacing:averagingabout0.9fors=b<2accordingtothe
numericalanalyses(relativestiffnessEI=E
50;ref
D
3
¼0:0046,value
similartotheexperiments).Ontheotherhand,itisverylowfor
s=b>6:er,forthelongerpiles,in
boththetestsandFEanalyses,itappearsthatfors=b<4thehigher
theV
0
thehighertheefficiency;theoppositeistruefors=b>4.
ThetriangularmarkersinFig.6indicatetheefficiencycalcu-
latedat1.35%and5%forthetestEB3wherethediaphragmwall
(s=b¼1)wasshorterthaninthetestEB13(circularmarkersatthe
sames=b¼1)andapproximatelyreachedthetunnelaxisdepth
(withL≅Cþ0:5D).Theefficiencyoftheshorterdiaphragmwall
islowerthanthelongerwall(L≅Cþ1:5D);thisisconsistent
withtheresultsofthecentrifugetestscarriedoutbyLee
andChiang(2007)onunloadedpileshavingdepthratios
L=ðCþ0:5DÞ≥teroffact,fromtheexperimentalpoint
ofviewtheefficiencyofadiaphragmwallwithL¼Cþ0:5Dis
comparabletothatofalineofpilesoflengthL¼Cþ1:5Dand
spacings=b¼rthnotingthatthenumericalpredictions
showhigherefficiencyfors=b<3thanfortheexperimentalfind-
ing,beingηfors=b¼1ashighas0.6comparedtothecorrespond-
ingvalueofabout0.3measuredintestEB3.
InFig.6,thesmallandalmostnegligibleinfluenceofthe
relativestiffnessisalsoshown(continuousthinlinesforthemore
,EI=E
50;ref
D
3
¼0:0046,dashedthicklinesfor
,EI=E
50;ref
D
3
¼0:27).
Thegeneralagreementbetweentheefficiencycomputedbythe
numericalanalysesandthatobtainedbythecentrifugetestson
modelsofsimilargeometry(pilelengthandtunneldiameterand
cover)andsoilconditions(undrainedexcavationinstiffclay)is
goodats=b≥ifferencesariseats=b¼cen-
trifugemodelswerepreparedaccordingtothesameprocedure
(Bilottaetal.2006a)withtheonlyexceptionbeingthemodelswith
s=b¼1(Bilotta2004).Althoughinallthecasestheclaysamples
wereobtainedbyconsolidationat1gofakaolinslurry,thepiles
werepushedinsidetheconsolidatedclay,whilethediaphragm
numericalanalysesdidnotmodelsuchdifferences.
DamageAssessment
Thenumericalresultsandtheexperimentaldatadiscussedinthe
previoussectionsshowthatalineofpilescanbeusedforlimiting
thedamageoccurringtobuildingsfoundedinthehoggingpart
iciencyofsuchlinesinreducing
settlements,asexpressedbyEq.(1),mayneedtobereconsidered
inthelightofthelevelofdamageinducedtobuildings.
ThedeflectionratioΔ=L(BurlandandWroth1974)between
theedgesofthefoundationlineandtheaveragehorizontalground
strainε
h
mer
canberelatedtothestrainsarisingfrombendingandshearand
computedaccordingtothetheoryofTimoshenko(1957)foralin-
earelasticbeam;thelatterisdetrimentalwhenthebuildingfoun-
hoggingpartofthesettlementtroughwasthereforetakeninto
account.
Asthelineofpileswaslocatedatd¼8mfromthetunnelaxis
(x¼0),onlythepartofgroundsurfacebetweenx¼dandx¼dþ
L
hog
tanceL
hog
hasbeenassumedtobe
hvalueofL
hog
,severalpoints
(B)havebeenselectedbetweenthelineofpiles(x¼d)andthe
pointA(x
A
¼dþL
hog
)spaced0.5mfromeachotheralongthe
hpairofpointsðA;BÞ,thedeflection
encyversusnormalizedspacingatdifferentvaluesof
pilelength(shadedareasareenvelopesofηforV
0
intherangefrom
0.5%to2.5%)
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