Abstract: More and more large-diameter and super-long steel pipe piles are applied to engineering in recent years. But so far , few people have focused on studing their bearing characteristics. Computational theory of ordinary piles is referenced in the foundation design. Vertical bearing and settlement features are simulated for large-diameter and super-long steel pipe piles based on the fast Lagrangian analysis of continua in three dimensions (FLAC3D). Then comparison between simulation results and the results of vertical static load bearing capacity test is conducted and they are complemented and verified each other. The consistent results demonstrate that the method of using the finite difference procedure in this paper to preliminarily simulate the vertical load-bearing characteristics and settlement characteristics of large-diameter and super-long steel pipe pile is feasible. The study shows that the large-diameter and super-long steel pipe pile is a typical end-bearing friction pile. The pile lateral friction resistance changes intricately with depth, which is closely related to the soil characteristics. And the transferring speed of pile axial force depends on the action of pile lateral friction resistance in the different soil. These conclusions are of significance for the reasonable large-diameter and super-long steel pipe pile foundation designed in engineering applications

Key words: large diameter and super long steel pipe piles, fast Lagrangian analysis of continua in three dimensions, vertical bearing features