...–compressive and lateral loading and combined vertical–compressive and lateral loading. Synthetic rock was prepared based on a mix design that can simulate the strength and modulus of soft rocks. Model tests were carried out on single piles of different socketing lengths ( L / D ratios: 6, 9, and 12). Combined...

...Xuanming Ding; Qi Wu; Yuhang Huang; Yanling Zhang Pile-supported embankments have been widely used in subgrade engineering for highways and high-speed railways. Soil arching has an important effect on the deformation characteristics of pile-supported embankments. In this study, a new model testing...

...Bin Huang; Yuting Zhang; Xudong Fu; Benjiao Zhang Computed tomography (CT) technology is a kind of nondestructive image reconstruction technology. CT visualization technology is introduced into the physical model test of a single pile, which can visualize a rock-socketed pile in soft rock under...

... velocimetry, model test Introduction Pile buckling deformation is an important topic for studying the stability of pile foundation. Some scholars (Prakash 1987; Heelis and Pavlovic 2004; Shields 2007; Fleming et al. 2009; Vogt, Vogt, and Kellner 2009; Haldar and Babu 2010; Vogt and Vogt 2013) suggested...

...B. P. Sethy; C. R. Patra; B. M. Das; K. Sobhan Laboratory model test results for the ultimate bearing capacity of a shallow rough circular surface foundation over a sand layer of limited thickness underlain by a rigid rough base subjected to an eccentrically inclined load have been presented...

...Yung-Shan Hong; Cho-Sen Wu; Guan-Long Chen; Chia-Wei Chien This article examines the influence of internally layered reinforcement on a fully penetrated sand column embedded in soft clay using a 1-g model test. The design parameters of the test model were chosen to emulate a geotextile-reinforced...

...Cong Liu; Shucai Li; Zongqing Zhou; Liping Li; Kang Wang; Chengshuai Qin With the Ganggou Tunnel of the Jing-hu High-Speed Connection Line Road acting as the engineering background, a three-dimensional assembled large-scale geomechanical model test system was developed. The system includes a strain...

..., this study purposes to improve the reinforcement efficiency of micropiles by recommending the most effective pattern and design method for installing them. In this study, model tests were carried out to understand the ground reinforcement effect induced by the mechanical interaction between the micropile...

... OWT in clay using a series of scaled model tests. The fundamental frequency and damping of an OWT system and the rotation and lateral deflection of a monopile head are examined for various load cycles with different amplitudes. The effect of long-term loading cycles and amplitude on the soil-pile...

... arching models described in different standards and guidelines for piled embankments that can be subdivided into three arching-model families. To study the soil-arching type and its development, a series of model tests with sand fills were carried out in a two-dimensional (2D) multi-trapdoor test setup...

... are selected from the literature and used to compare results measured and predicted using the proposed approach. KEYWORDS: piles, horizontal load, earth pressure, failure, load test, model test, sand Introduction The lateral load capacity of piles is an important design factor for various structures...

... the deformation behavior of the clay barrier of land ll cover system under various settlement rates is brie y illustrated. The versatility of the developed setup for the applications involving ground loss or boundary displacement problems is highlighted. KEYWORDS: centrifuge, model test, deformability, clay...

...H. Kim; B. Choi; J. Kim This paper presents the experimental study that investigated the applicability of compressible inclusion, expanded polystyrene (EPS) Geofoam panels, placed over a buried pipe. A series of model tests was conducted to identify the optimal EPS geometry. The tests employed...

...Mostafa A. El Sawwaf Uplift behavior of horizontal anchor plates located near sandy earth slopes with and without geosynthetic reinforcement has been investigated in model tests. Several configurations of reinforcement layers were used to reinforce the sandy soil over anchor plates. Many factors...

...TG Sitharam; S Sireesh The results from laboratory model tests on an embedded circular footing supported on geogrid cell reinforced foundation beds are presented. The embedment depth of the footing (depth of placement of the footing with respect to the fill surface) was varied from zero to 0.6...

... plane. Furthermore, the pile group can be driven into the soil one by one, and the loading test of the pile group can be performed without stopping the operation of the centrifuge. 24 11 1997 02 06 1999 centrifuge model test foundation pile group pile driver load test...

...D-S Kim; I Juran; R Nasimov; S Drabkin To investigate the effects of surcharge loading on the failure mechanism of soil-nailed structures, reduced scale-model tests were performed. The main variables for this study were the bending stiffness and tension resistance of nails and applied surcharge...

...MT Omar; BM Das; S-C Yen; VK Puri; EE Cook Model test results for the ultimate bearing capacity of rectangular surface foundations supported by geogrid-reinforced sand are presented. The tests were conducted using one type of sand at one relative density of compaction with only one type of geogrid...