Abstract: Scour of the soil by flowing water around bridge supports is the number one reason for bridge collapse. Predicting the depth of the scour hole is an integral part of bridge foundation design, as it impacts the depth of the ...

Abstract: Scour of the soil by flowing water around bridge supports is the number one reason for bridge collapse. Predicting the depth of the scour hole is an integral part of the bridge foundation design, as it impacts the depth ...

Abstract: or rock and to give the constitutive law for erosion problems: the erosion function. The power point slides for the lecture including many photos of the case histories are available at ⟨http://ceprofs.tamu.edu/briaud/⟩ under “Lectures” and the video (DVD...

Abstract: A study of the assumptions involved in the ultimate bearing capacity equation indicates the shortcomings of that equation and load test data confirm these shortcomings. A new approach using a normalized load settlement ...

Abstract: Bitumen has been shown to reduce significantly the downdrag load on piles. The problem is to know how to choose the right bitumen for the job. The right bitumen must not deform excessively under gravity stresses during the ...

Abstract: The problem of a pile subjected to lateral loading is often solved by assuming that the pile is an elastic member and that the soil can be represented by a series of nonlinear horizontal springs. The

Abstract: A method is presented for the analysis of load distribution of piles driven in sand and subjected to static vertical loads. This method is unique in that it considers the existence of residual stresses due to driving. It ...

Abstract: A method is proposed to predict the behavior of single piles in cohesive soil subjected to vertical loads applied at various rates. The elementary simple shear model is made rate‐dependent by introducing the time raised ...