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Lateral Behavior Comparison Of Driven And Screw Piles In Stiff Clay, Sophie Moore
Lateral Behavior Comparison Of Driven And Screw Piles In Stiff Clay, Sophie Moore
Architectural Engineering
This study is concerned with the comparison of driven and screw piles when exposed to lateral forces and the effects of gapping on stiffness and displacement. Stiffness contributions were determined from force-displacement profiles, gap depth formation curves, strain profiles, bending moment profiles, and P-Y curves. Driven piles were found to be about twice as stiff as screw piles at lower displacements. At larger displacements, the stiffness of the two pile types start to converge. When the piles are in full contact with the soil, stiffness contribution is derived from both the soil and the pile. When gapping is exhibited, the …
Scale Model Shake Table Testing Of Shallow Embedded Foundations In Soft Clay, Steven Kuo
Scale Model Shake Table Testing Of Shallow Embedded Foundations In Soft Clay, Steven Kuo
Master's Theses
This research involves shake table testing of 1g scale models that mimic the coupled seismic response of a structure on a shallow mat foundation and foundation soil (known as soil-foundation-structural-interaction or SFSI). In previous research, SFSI effects have been quantified through analytical models, numerical analyses, and limited field data. This research works towards increasing the amount of empirical data through scale model shake table testing. A suite of earthquake time histories is considered in evaluating a nominal 10th scale soil-structure model using a flexible wall barrel on a 1-D shake table. San Francisco Young Bay Mud (YBM) is used …