Reliability-based load and resistance factor design model for energy piles

Abstract Energy piles have been popular globally with functions of both pile foundation and ground source heat pumps. Although several researches have been devoted to the probabilistic design and assessment of energy piles, the corresponding procedures are too complicated for engineers. As a simple...

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Main Authors: Biao Hu, Quanmei Gong, Yueqiang Zhang, Yihe Yin, Wenjun Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-19142-3