Abstract: In the last three decades, barrettes, namely, excavated rectangular piles, have been increasingly used as foundations to resist large vertical and significant horizontal loads. Empirical approaches are commonly used for ...

Abstract: In engineering practice, rectangular holes (openings) are often encountered. The presence of rectangular holes increases the complexity of the analysis of engineering media (e.g., soils around a diaphragm wall panel) and ...

Abstract: A large excavated rectangular pile (barrette) with lateral earth pressure and pore-water pressure cells was successfully constructed and tested in a sequence of marine, alluvial, and weathered granite soils. A “soft” base ...