Recent Development of Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) for Driven Piles on Soft Rock

Effect of Geological Uncertainty on the Shaft Resistance Prediction and Reliability of Piles Driven in Multi-Layered Geomaterials

“…These geomaterials are intermediate geomaterials (IGM) with a range of strength properties and shrink–swell potential ( 12 ). Moreover, these geomaterials cannot be treated as soil during pile design, otherwise pile resistance could be underpredicted ( 13 ). A static analysis (SA) equation was proposed by Masud et al to specifically predict the geomaterial resistance of H-piles driven into these geomaterials ( 14 ).…”