Abstract: This lecture presents four case history examples of erosion processes. Because the topic of soil and rock erosion is relatively underdeveloped in geotechnical engineering, an introduction precedes the case histories to ...

Abstract: A study of the assumptions involved in the ultimate bearing capacity equation indicates the shortcomings of that equation and load test data confirm these shortcomings. A new approach using a normalized load settlement ...

Abstract: Bitumen has been shown to reduce significantly the downdrag load on piles. The problem is to know how to choose the right bitumen for the job. The right bitumen must not deform excessively under gravity stresses during the ...

Abstract: The problem of a pile subjected to lateral loading is often solved by assuming that the pile is an elastic member and that the soil can be represented by a series of nonlinear horizontal springs. The

Abstract: A method is presented for the analysis of load distribution of piles driven in sand and subjected to static vertical loads. This method is unique in that it considers the existence of residual stresses due to driving. It ...

Abstract: A method is proposed to predict the behavior of single piles in cohesive soil subjected to vertical loads applied at various rates. The elementary simple shear model is made rate‐dependent by introducing the time raised ...

Abstract: A method is described to obtain the static stiffness of the soil under a spread footing by using a hammer impact test. In the first part, the analytical background is presented. In the second part, a test setup is described ...

Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) nonlinear finite-element analysis is used to study the behavior of soil-nailed walls constructed under a bridge abutment built on piles. The numerical model simulates the piles and the nails with ...