The behaviour of stone columns has yet to be captured fully by analytical and numerical
techniques, and predicting column behaviour in soft cohesive soils brings specific …

The direct cone penetration test (CPT) based pile design methods use the measured
penetrometer readings by scaling relationships or algorithms in a single-step process to …

Mechanisms governing the sand plug behavior inside an open-ended pile are examined
using the discrete element method. A series of numerical pile penetration tests have been …

Particle crushing, shear banding, interface abrasion and migration of crushing products all
have the potential to influence the behaviour of displacement piles in sands. This paper …

This paper presents the results of axial load tests performed on instrumented model piles
pre-installed in a large-scale, half-circular chamber with a viewing window in its flat-side …

This paper presents the results of tensile load tests performed with instrumented model piles
with different surface roughnesses jacked into sand samples in a half-circular calibration …

Deep foundation applications, such as foundations for jacket structures and reaction piles,
may benefit from larger shaft resistances during tensile compared with compressive loading …

Calibration chamber experiments are reported that investigate the evolution of stresses
around closed-ended, highly instrumented, model displacement piles during simulated …

Displacement piles are driven to support a wide range of structures. Predicting their axial
limiting capacities and load-displacement behavior is critical to many such engineering …

A soil–pile interaction model is developed to better represent the actual behavior of pipe
piles undergoing dynamic testing. To correctly investigate the dynamic interaction …