Abstract: Systematic studies of pile response during static and dynamic load tests are generally too expensive to conduct in the field, and at model scale may be limited by scaling effects and the ability to obtain accurate stress ...

Abstract: A series of centrifuge tests were conducted on instrumented model suction caissons in normally consolidated, lightly overconsolidated, and sensitive clays, to investigate the uplift capacity and external radial stress ...

Abstract: Cavity expansion analysis plays a significant role in modern soil mechanics. The analysis of many of the most important problems in the practice of geotechnical engineering (such as cone penetration testing, pile loading, ...

Abstract: A new method is proposed for deriving kinematically admissible velocity fields (KAVFs) for three-dimensional upper bound limit analyses in a Tresca material using coordinate transformations. The ...

Abstract: The influence of the installation method on the soil flow pattern, resulting external radial total stress changes, and final external shaft friction after consolidation has been investigated for caissons in soft clay by ...

Abstract: This paper describes the results of a centrifuge modeling study of the response of piles embedded in calcareous sand under monotonic lateral loading. A number of features have been explored, including method of installation, ...

Abstract: Previously published methods for solving the force distribution and geometric profile of an embedded anchor chain involve numerical solution by an incremental integration technique. By rationalizing the problem, closed-form ...

Abstract: A t‐bar penetration test for soft clay that can be performed with existing cone penetration test (CPT) equipment is described. The results of the test can be directly related to the undrained shear strength of the clay via ...