Abstract: Dr. Rudolph Bonaparte delivered the 54th Terzaghi Lecture on March 8th, 2018, at IFCEE 2018 held in Orlando, Florida. This introduction briefly reviews Dr. Bonaparte’s contributions to geotechnical engineering and discusses ...

Abstract: Dr. Anand Puppala delivered the 21st Ralph B. Peck Award Lecture on February 28, 2020, at the ASCE GeoCongress event held in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This introduction briefly reviews Dr. Puppala’s contributions to geotechnical ...

Abstract: This paper focuses on the development of load and resistance factor design (LRFD) for checks of the internal stability of mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) walls reinforced with steel strips. The internal stability of ...

Abstract: In the present paper, the estimation of limit unit bearing capacity

Abstract: The bearing capacity of open-ended piles is affected by the degree of soil plugging, which is quantified by the incremental filling ratio (IFR). There is not at present a design criterion for open-ended piles that explicitly ...

Abstract: The settlement of foundations under working load conditions is an important design consideration. Well‐designed foundations induce stress‐strain states in the soil that are neither in the linear elastic range nor in the ...

Abstract: This paper reviews the energy-based solutions that have been proposed for boundary value problems involving pile foundations subjected to lateral loads and presents semianalytical solutions that are applicable to both ...