Abstract: This paper develops new models and normalized solutions to capture the response of piles subjected to a mixed translation–rotational soil movement. A flexible pile is divided into upper and lower portions, which join ...

Abstract: The response of a laterally loaded pile is normally dominated by the limiting force per unit length profile (LFP,

Abstract: The available closed-form solutions for vertically loaded piles have been, strictly speaking, limited to homogeneous soil, or nonhomogeneous soil with the shear modulus as a power of depth. The latter solutions—based on a ...

Abstract: This paper proposes an equivalent load transfer approach for simulating the response of passive piles owing to soil movement. The approach is elaborated for two commonly seen (normal and deep) sliding modes. In terms of ...

Abstract: Response of lateral pile groups is modeled using the more accurate (than any other numerical modeling)

Abstract: The two-layer model previously established by the author is expanded to well capture the response of back-rotated and shape-distorted piles set with P−Δo effect (P is the vertical load on piles and Δo is the initial lateral ...

Abstract: In this study, we investigate the water and chloride ion (Cl−) transport properties of aeolian sand mortar (ASM) in an unsaturated state. Capillary absorption tests were conducted on ASM with varying water-to-binder ratios ...

Abstract: A new experimental method is proposed for assessing the cracking tendency of concrete using elliptical ring specimens subject to restrained shrinkage. To explore the mechanism of this method, a numerical model is developed ...

Abstract: A three-dimensional elastic-plastic finite element model based on the elastic-plastic constitutive relation of the non-associated flow Mohr-Coulomb criterion is constructed to analyze the influence of inclination angles ...