Laboratory Experiment of Soil Vertical Displacement Measurement Near an Axially Loaded Pile

Axially - Loaded Centrifuge Pile Tests

Probabilistic Reliability Estimation of an Axially Loaded Pile

A new efficient and accurate hybrid reliability method is proposed to estimate risk of an axially loaded single pile considering pile-soil interaction effect. Uncertainties associated with all the design variables are considered appropriately. It intelligently integrates the concepts of the response surface method, the finite difference method, the first-order reliability method, and an iterati...

Vertical Vibration Analysis of Soil-pile Interaction Systems Considering the Soil-pile Interface Behavior

A numerical method is presented herein to study soil-pile interaction systems in a stratified media. The method is based on a coupling of the finite element method and the boundary element method. The near field is modeled by the finite elements whereas the far field is modeled by the boundary dement formulation using the multi-layer dynamic fimdamental solution that satisfies the radiation con...

Simulation of entrainment near a density stratified layer: Laboratory experiment and LIDAR observation

In this paper a simple qualitative model of the growth of a mixed layer adjacent to a uniform layer with a stably stratified layer is presented. The depth variations of mixed layer can be estimated from direct measurements. The Entrainment of a stably stratified layer into a turbulent mixed layer in a confined region was studied in laboratory for different Richardson numbers. The internal waves...

Pesticide Adsorption and Leaching in Soil: An ELISA Laboratory Experiment

Inexpensive pesticide measurement by Enzyme-Linked lmmunoSorbent Assay (ELISA) technology, widely used for environmental monitoring, may be a useful tool for providing instruction on the environmental f te of pesticides in the classroom. A laboratory experiment hat provides instruction in state-of-the-art ELISA pesticide testing methods and demonstrates the effect of soil organic matter content...