The integrity of cast-in-place foundation piles is a major concern in geotechnical engineering. In this study, distributed fibre optic sensing (DFOS) cables, embedded in a pile during concreting, are used to measure the changes in concrete curing temperature profile to infer concrete cover thickness through modelling of heat transfer processes within the concrete and adjacent ground. A field tr...

Nowadays, seismic codes are regularly updated with new knowledge and a better understanding of the earthquake phenomenon. With these updates, existing buildings require reevaluation their stability process reinforcement and/or retrofitting. This study investigated effects two types ground improvement which use cement-mixing soil surrounding foundation structure to reduce redistribute forces act...

This paper investigates the nonlinear soil–pile–structure interaction employing three-dimensional finite element models verified with results of large-scale shaking table tests model pile groups-superstructure systems. The responses piles in both liquefiable and non-liquefiable soil sites to ground motion varying intensities were evaluated considering kinematic inertial interaction. calculated ...

Given the increase of nuclear power plants, it has become unavoidable for pile-supported nuclear-island buildings to be constructed on coastal deposits potentially influenced by strong earthquakes. The coupling influences hysteresis nonlinearity soil and soil-pile-structure interaction (SPSI) have not yet been considered comprehensively in seismic response analysis building, although is a vital...