Abstract: Piles are often embedded in a layered soil profile, such as sand or clay layer underlain by rock. Several existing solutions are available for laterally loaded piles in a layered soil system. However, these solutions are ...

Abstract: Quality control criteria for driven piles are developed using the framework of acceptance-sampling analysis based on the statistical data of static and dynamic load tests. The static and dynamic load tests are often carried ...

Abstract: Instability of roadway slopes and embankments is a type of geohazard that can endanger the traveling public and the nearby roadway facilities when large and sudden slope movement occurs. Frequently, the decision regarding ...

Abstract: This paper presents efficient solution techniques for the transient wave propagation in a multilayered soil medium due to axisymmetric dynamic loads applied on the surface. Analytical solutions of both displacement and ...

Abstract: The permeability coefficient of a rock mass depends mainly on the aperture of the joint and the porosity of the block, which may alter with time when creep of the rock mass is taken into account. Therefore, a coupled creep ...

Abstract: Drilled shafts socketed in rock mass have been used frequently as a foundation system to support both vertical and lateral loads. Traditionally, the lateral interaction between the drilled shaft and the surrounding rock ...

Abstract: This paper presents a novel Bayesian machine-learning approach for unsupervised and simultaneous soil stratigraphic interpretation of cone penetration test (CPT) soundings at the site scale. The proposed approach interprets ...