Abstract: The present paper is about the application of the disturbed-state concept (DSC) model and a mesh-free method called the natural-element method (NEM) for analyzing the dynamic response of pile foundations. In comparison to ...

Abstract: Three-dimensional (3D) modeling of soil–geogrid interaction is a numerical challenge when simulating reinforced soil systems. Modeling the soil–geogrid interaction requires an appropriate consideration of the geogrid ...