Abstract: This paper presents a theoretical model for the analysis of the axial response of tapered piles in cohesive frictional ground. The operating characteristics of tapered cylindrical piles are identified on the basis of ...

Abstract: With the advent of climate change, it is thought that desiccation cracking of soil will lead to increases in damage to buried infrastructure. Desiccation cracking is a complex phenomenon that historically has been very ...

Abstract: Approximately uniformly spaced cracking occurs in many different materials and processes during thermal or drying shrinkage. Such cracks may occur when a slab of material restrained at the bottom is subjected to a sudden ...