Abstract: In this paper, the kinematic forces which may be applied to bridge piers or pile caps from laterally spreading surficial cohesive soil layers (nonliquefied crusts) through which they pass are considered. Such forces often ...

Abstract: This paper presents the results of a series of dynamic centrifuge tests that were conducted for

Abstract: An extensive program of centrifuge testing was conducted to quantify the improvements to seismic slope performance that can be achieved by installing a row of discretely spaced vertical precast RC piles. A key novelty of ...

Abstract: The results of a series of dynamic centrifuge tests on model pile groups in (level) liquefied and laterally spreading soil profiles are presented. The piles are axially loaded at typical working loads, which has enabled ...

Abstract: This paper presents closed-form expressions for rocking spring stiffnesses and coupling interaction rotational spring stiffnesses for a set of closely spaced footings. Substructuring is used to derive analytically the exact ...

Abstract: This paper discusses the modeling of reinforced concrete structural elements for use in geotechnical centrifuge modeling of soil-structure interaction problems. Centrifuges are employed in geotechnical modeling so that the ...

Abstract: Small-scale physical model tests have been increasingly used to study the thermomechanical soil–pile interaction, but existing model piles are highly simplified and do not have representative thermal properties or the ...

Abstract: Centrifuge modeling has been considered as an effective means of studying flexural soil–pile interaction, yet the conventional use of elastic material to model an RC pile prototype is unable to reproduce the important ...

Abstract: This paper describes an aeroelastic experimental campaign on a low-pressure turbine-bladed rotor in a rotating wind tunnel that took place as a part of the Advanced Research Into Aeromechanical Solutions (ARIAS) EU project. ...