Abstract: Finite-element simulations demonstrate the influence of underlying weak soil on mobilization of passive pressures in cohesionless deposits. Traditional passive earth pressure theories with typical angles of interface ...

Abstract: An ultrasonic

Abstract: The neutral plane solution has been widely used to estimate downdrag settlements and drag loads mobilized in piles in consolidating soil profiles. Pile settlement is typically assumed equal to soil settlement at the neutral ...

Abstract: Modulus reduction and damping values are commonly plotted against cyclic shear strain amplitude (γc), and the resulting curves are known to depend on mean effective stress (p′), plasticity characteristics, strain rate, and ...

Abstract: An ultrasonic P-wave reflection imaging probe is developed and utilized to noninvasively image the geometry of a deep foundation supporting a bridge pier. The source ultrasonic transducer emits compressive waves into ...

Abstract: Three bridges supported on deep foundations that exhibited various performance levels in liquefied and laterally spreading ground are analyzed using a beam on nonlinear Winkler foundation method. The performance levels ...

Abstract: The seismic response of a stiff levee structure placed on soft peat foundation soil is studied using centrifuge testing. The model levee was 5.1 m tall in prototype dimensions and rested atop 6.1 m of peat. The ...

Abstract: Evaluation of ground failure potential in geotechnical practice is typically based on demand parameters that solely consider vertically propagating shear waves in the free-field. Soil–structure interaction (SSI) modifies ...

Abstract: A weighted-residual approach for differentiating one-dimensional discrete data is presented and applied to an experimental program in which distributions of bending moment were measured along a model pile foundation in a ...