Abstract: Driven and drilled piles transfer comparable unit loads to over consolidated clays, yet the stresses to which they subject the soil are different. Fullscale load tests of piles of both types in the overconsolidated Beaumont ...

Abstract: More than 20 years have passed since a Terzaghi Lecture focused on the topic of deep foundations. However, considerable research has been performed, and experience gained, in this subject area in the intervening period. ...

Abstract: Elastic-plastic axisymmetric finite-element analyses were performed to investigate the side load-transfer mechanism of drilled shafts socketed into cohesive intermediate geomaterials (very hard clays/very soft rocks). The ...

Abstract: Conventional testing procedures produce scatter and bias in indicated properties of soils, such as desiccated clays. This paper describes and compares several conventional and nonconventional methods for characterizing the ...

Abstract: Analyses of a dynamic lateral load test conducted on a full‐sized pipe pile supporting a rigid cap‐mass superstructure are described. Three algorithms representing different categories of mathematical models that simulate ...