Embedment

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Centrifuge modeling of shallow embedded foundations subjected to reverse fault rupture

Abstract: Although the performance of surface, piled, and caisson foundations has been investigated against a large tectonic dislocation from a dip-slip fault, to date, the embedment depth has not been clear...

Mechanical model for complex brackets system of the Taiwanese traditional Dieh-Dou timber structures:

Abstract: A static test was conducted to investigate the elastic and post-yielding structural behaviour of complex brackets system along the corridor frame region of the Taiwanese Dieh-Dou timber structures....

Size effect on the concrete cone pull-out load

Abstract: In the present paper the failure mechanism and size effect of the concrete cone resistance is reviewed and studied. The influence of material and geometrical parameters on the failure mode and size effect is investigated. In the numerical studies the smeared crack finite element analysis, based on the microplane material model for concrete, was used. Both, experimental and numerical results show that there is a strong size effect on the nominal concrete cone pull-out strength. It is demonstrated that besides the embedment depth the scaling of the head of the stud as well as the scaling of the concrete member influence the nominal strength.

Lateral Vibration of Pile Groups Partially Embedded in Layered Saturated Soils

Abstract: A simplified solution procedure is proposed for estimating the dynamic response of a pile group partially embedded in a layered saturated soil and subjected to horizontal harmonic loading. In the proposed procedure, the transfer matrix method is first applied to solve the vibration equation of a single pile, from which the stiffness of the single pile is obtained. The existing lateral displacement of the saturated half-space is introduced to build the attenuation function, and the balance equation of passive pile is built accordingly. The simple Winkler model is used to derive the dynamic pile-soil-pile interaction factor. Based on the dynamic interaction factor, the horizontal impedance of the pile group is obtained by using the superposition principle. The calculated dynamic interaction factor and impedance of the pile group are in agreement with earlier results for an idealized case, verifying the correctness of the proposed method. The main parameters, such as the embedment ratio, pile separat...