The behavior of experimental pile groups is simulated by 3-D finite element modeling in this paper. The modeled results are compared to small-scale tests in a row of three closely spaced piles in the London clay. The tests aimed at investigating soil-pile-cap interaction and pile-group effect. It is shown that 3-D FE modeling can be regarded as an appro...
View ArticleThe frequent interruption of roads in some freeways in Brazil due to slope failure has caused economic losse sand potential harm to users. The paper presents data from a monitoring system installed at Serra do Mar in Santa Catarina State, Brazil. The slope monitored is called Morro do Boi and is located on BR-101 south, near the municipality of Itapema....
View ArticleThe paper corresponds to the Pacheco Silva Lecture delivered by the author in September 2014. In the first part of the text, a general perspective of the movements induced by deep excavations in soft soils is outlined. The general report presented by Ralph B. Peck to the 1969 ISSMFE México conference is taken as reference and the pr...
View ArticleMany embankment dams completed during the first six decades of the 20th century have been found deficient relative their ability to resist currently anticipated levels of seismic shaking and probable maximum flood. In this Fourth Victor de Mello Lecture, two recent case histories are described. One is a hydraulic fill structure completed in 1920 that is...
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