Abstract: A CPT-based method is presented for estimating the self-weight penetration and suction required during the installation of suction caissons in medium dense to dense sand. Existing methods, although fundamental in nature, ...

Abstract: The piled raft is a geotechnical composite construction, consisting of the three elements piles, raft, and soil, which is applied for the foundation of tall buildings in an increasing number. In a parametric study, 259 ...

Abstract: This paper addresses numerical simulation of deep penetration of full-flow penetrometers in strain-softening, rate-dependent, cohesive soil, and the observed phenomenon of periodic shear bands. The analysis was conducted ...

Abstract: The effect of foundation embedment on consolidation has not been considered previously in a systematic manner, although this is of particular interest for offshore foundations, where embedment is provided by skirts that ...

Abstract: Submarine landslides represent one of the most significant geohazards on the continental slope in respect of the risk they pose to infrastructure such as deep water pipelines. A numerical approach, based on the finite-element ...

Abstract: A manually operated penetrometer (DMS) fitted with cylindrical (T-bar) and ball penetrometer tips was developed for measuring the profiles of undisturbed and remolded undrained shear strength within box-core samples. This ...

Abstract: The loss in anchor embedment during keying, as it rotates to become normal to the cable load, reduces the uplift capacity of anchors in normally consolidated clay. The keying behavior of plate anchors has been studied ...

Abstract: Three-dimensional large deformation finite-element (FE) analyses were performed to investigate plate anchor capacity during vertical pullout. The remeshing and interpolation technique with small strain approach was expanded ...

Abstract: A brief outline is given of the basis of analysis used in two computer programs, PIGLET and DEFPIG, for analysis of pile group response. A comparison of the capabilities of each program is presented and then a parametric ...

Abstract: This paper presents a numerical investigation of the effect of foundation size on the response of shallow circular foundations on siliceous and calcareous sands. The study is based on the predictive capabilities of the ...