Nature

Seismic Behavior of Pile Foundations in Liquefiable Soils

Pile foundations support vital structures in regions prone to seismic activity, yet their performance in liquefiable soils remains complex and critical for safe design. Seismic shaking can induce ...
Nature

Negative Skin Friction in Pile Foundations

Negative skin friction (NSF) is an important phenomenon in geotechnical engineering, referring to the additional axial drag imposed on piles as a result of differential soil movement relative to the ...
National Academies of Sciences%2c Engineering%2c and Medicine

Design Guidelines for Increasing the Lateral Resistance of Highway-Bridge Pile Foundations by Improving Weak Soils

Unfortunately, this book can't be printed from the OpenBook. If you need to print pages from this book, we recommend downloading it as a PDF. Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this ...
Medicine Buffalo

Bridge Foundations: Modeling Large Pile Groups and Caissons for Seismic Design

Keywords: Seismic designs. Large pile groups. Caissons. Retrofitting. Long-span bridges. Ground motions. Soil-foundation-structure interaction (SFSI). Kinematic soil-pile interaction. Linear stiffness ...
Medicine Buffalo

Experimental Investigation and Retrofit of Steel Pile Foundations and Pile Bents Under Cyclic Lateral Loadings

Keywords: Seismic performances. Pile-to-cap connections. Steel pile foundations. Steel pile bents. Fatigue life models. Bridges. Abstract: This research investigated the performance and retrofit of ...
Zawya

Piling and Foundation Contractors and Consultants Witness Increase in Work

DUBAI, EAU, 26 October 2009/PRNewswire/ Huge Increase in Saudi Infrastructure Investment is Driving Growth in Construction Sector. Despite the unfavourable economic climate witnessed in most countries ...