Application of hardening soil model in deep excavations supported by pile-anchor and pile-braced composite supporting structures

Based on the hardening soil model, a deep excavation supported by pile-anchor and pile-braced composite supporting structures is analyzed. The excavation is located in the downtown of Kunming City, and the surrounding environment of the deep foundation pit is complex. The associated parameters of the hardening soil model are designed by consolidated-drained triaxial compression test and consolidation test. Then three-dimensional finite element analysis of the excavation during constructing and supporting processes is carried out using the software of MADIS/GTS. The results of finite element method are compared with the measured data and the calculated results of m-method. The comparison shows that the hardening soil model can be adopted to analyze the deep excavation supported by pile-anchor and pile-braced composite supporting structures. The real deformation mechanism and regularity of foundation excavation can be obtained by using the hardening soil model.