Abstract: A series of pullout tests were conducted on a model pile in a soil with different initial water contents and different pile surface roughnesses to study their influences on pile skin friction. To measure axial strains and ...

Abstract: In this paper, the shearing behavior of soil-steel interfaces sheared at different planes is examined using a modified suction–controlled direct shear apparatus (MDSA). Direct shear tests on soil-steel interfaces sheared ...

Abstract: A soil-structure interface is defined as the contact surface between a soil and a structure through which stresses are transferred from the soil to the structure or vice versa. The ultimate shear strength at the interface ...