Abstract: This study develops assessment formulas for the displacement ductility capacity of a fixed-head pile in cohesionless soils. The derivations of the formulas are based on an ideal model of a semiinfinite nonlinear pile in a ...

Abstract: The capacity of a pile-soil system can be obtained by pushover analysis using the beam-on-nonlinear-Winkler foundation model. When the pile section enters the plastic state, the plastic hinge method is usually adopted to ...

Abstract: The exposure of pier foundations owing to scour significantly reduces the foundation-bearing capacity and diminishes the flood-resistant capacity of a bridge. This paper proposes a nonlinear quasi-static analysis procedure ...

Abstract: The failure of the Shuang-Yuan Bridge in Taiwan caused by floods associated with Typhoon Morakot in August 2009 prompted this forensic investigation into its causes. The investigation found multiple factors for the bridge ...