Thermally-activated piles and pile groups under monotonic and cyclic thermal loading–A review

PJ Bourne-Webb, TMB Freitas - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
A number of full-and small-scale physical tests, and numerical studies examining the
behaviour of thermally-activated piles have now been published. Collating studies involving …

A review of pile-soil interactions in isolated, thermally-activated piles

PJ Bourne-Webb, TMB Freitas… - Computers and …, 2019 - Elsevier
A number of full-and small-scale tests and numerical studies examining the behaviour of
isolated thermal piles have now been published. The results have been collated and …

Load transfer method for energy piles in a group with pile–soil–slab–pile interaction

E Ravera, M Sutman, L Laloui - Journal of Geotechnical and …, 2020 - ascelibrary.org
The behavior of an energy pile in a group is different from that of an isolated energy pile due
to thermal and mechanical interactions. This study aims to extend the load transfer method …

Effects of cyclic temperature variations on thermal response of an energy pile under a residential building

M Faizal, A Bouazza, JS McCartney… - Journal of Geotechnical …, 2019 - ascelibrary.org
The effects of daily cyclic temperature variations on the thermal response of an energy pile
built under a six-level residential building are examined. The axial and radial thermal strains …

Experimental investigation of energy piles: From laboratory to field testing

L Laloui, M Sutman - Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Geothermal operation of energy piles involves an interplay between the multi-physical
phenomena governing the behaviours of soils, geostructures and the interactions between …

Axial and radial thermal responses of energy pile under six storey residential building

M Faizal, A Bouazza, JS McCartney… - Canadian …, 2019 - cdnsciencepub.com
The axial and radial thermal responses of a cast-in-place energy pile, 10 m long and 0.6 m
in diameter, installed in unsaturated sand under a six storey building are examined during a …

Experimental and numerical study on thermo-mechanical behaviour of energy pile under different constraints

W Yang, C Zhang, T Sun, Y Qiang, F Wang… - Applied Thermal …, 2024 - Elsevier
Thermo-mechanical (TM) behaviour of energy pile (EP) is strongly affected by the pile
constraints. The influence mechanism of different constraints on TM behaviour of EP should …

Numerical and analytical study on axial ultimate bearing capacity of fixed-head energy piles in different soils

A Akbari Garakani, B Heidari… - International Journal …, 2022 - ascelibrary.org
In this paper, the axial ultimate bearing capacity of fixed-head concrete energy piles is
studied considering various soils and thermomechanical loads, through numerical and …

Thermo-hydro-mechanical behavior of energy barrettes: Field experiments and numerical simulations

AFR Loria, E Ravera, L Laloui - Geomechanics for Energy and the …, 2023 - Elsevier
Over the past two decades, the thermo-hydro-mechanical behavior of earth-contact
structures such as piles, walls, slabs, and tunnels, which simultaneously provide structural …

Incremental load transfer analysis of an energy pile under arbitrary mechanical and thermal loads

A Najma, J Sharma - Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper describes a new incremental approach to simulate the axial load–displacement
response of energy piles. A load transfer approach is used to model the interaction of pile …