Abstract: The development of strain in two 31 and 56 m long instrumented postdriving grouted cylinder piles at a site west of Busan, South Korea, were monitored during 200 days after construction, whereupon a static loading test was ...

Abstract: Recently, several studies on the dissipation of excess pore pressure in liquefied sandy grounds have been reported on evaluation of postliquefaction behavior of structures. To further contribute to the understanding of ...

Abstract: Over the last few decades, reliability-based design methods have been widely implemented into the foundation design practice. However, several design codes for transmission tower foundations are still based on the allowable ...

Abstract: An innovative semianalytical solution was introduced to accurately assess the uplift bearing capacity of spread foundations in sand, which is important for the design of transmission towers. The research addresses the ...

Abstract: The 2017 Pohang earthquake [the second largest local magnitude (ML) of 5.4 since 1978] caused significant damage: numerous sand boils and a few building settlements were observed in rice paddies and residential areas, ...