ONE-DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS OF SOIL PLUGS IN PIPE PILES

Under static loading in compression, open-ended piles may fail in a plugged mode, with the soil plug moving with the pile, or in an unplugged mode, with shear failure occurring between the soil plug and the pile shaft. It may be shown that, under drained loading conditions, the former mode of failur...

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Main Authors: Randolph, M, Leong, E, Houlsby, G
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 1991