Abstract: This paper describes an experimental investigation designed to assess the impact of pile end condition on the capacity of piles installed in soft clay. A series of field tests are described in which instrumented open-ended ...

Abstract: This paper presents the results of a field investigation into pile aging in soft clay that was conducted over a period of 10 years. Static load tests were conducted after the excess pore pressure generated by the installation ...

Abstract: Offshore piles are subjected to complex loading regimes that include both rapidly applied static and cyclic loads. This paper describes an experimental investigation conducted to assess the factors influencing the response ...

Abstract: Measurements were made at 9400 Mc/s of the radio wave scattering from raindrops. The experiment involved forward scattering over a short link and included Doppler frequency measurements which provided data on the vertical ...

Abstract: The evolution of the soil-water retention curve (SWRC) for cemented paste backfill (CPB) undergoing cement hydration is evaluated in this paper. A pressure plate apparatus and insertion tensiometers in a continuous drying ...

Abstract: This paper addresses the problem of a circular footing of finite but nonzero stiffness embedded in an isotropic nonhomogeneous elastic half-space. The problem is solved by coupling the scaled boundary finite-element method ...

Abstract: Pile foundation design is conventionally conducted using a process of trial and error, where the dimensions of a pile are estimated and the performance is computed and compared with design criteria. The dimensions are ...

Abstract: This paper presents the results from a series of centrifuge tests and three-dimensional finite-element (FE) analyses, which examined the benefits of combining a footing with a monopile as a solution for foundations that ...