Abstract: This paper presents the results of a series of tensile-compressive (TC) and compressive-tensile (CT) static load tests performed on instrumented model piles preinstalled in silica sand samples prepared in a half-cylindrical ...

Abstract: Because only limited research has been done on base geometry effects on pile base resistance, design methods used in practice for full-displacement, partial-displacement, and nondisplacement piles in sand do not consider ...