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

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Pile Design for Downdrag: Examples and Supporting Materials

The input parameters for the Bustamante and Gianeselli (1982) LCPC analysis, performed within the ALLCPT program, are provided in Figures H3 and H4. These parameters are similar to the parameters used ...
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Tidal effects influence design of water-disposal piles

The effect of sea level changes due to tidal action influences the design and operation of offshore water-disposal piles on offshore platforms. A disposal pile provides a last treatment step for ...