This edited book’s theme is organized as a part of the GeoMEast 2019 International Congress and Exhibition that was held in Cairo, Egypt, on November 10–14 2019.The editors like to express their deep appreciation and gratitude to the authors for their valuable contributions to the GeoMEast 2019 proceedings and to all session chairs and reviewers for their sincere efforts to make this book a reality. The editors are very grateful to have this opportunity to participate in organizing this GeoMEast 2019 conference and hope that this book theme is a valuable reference to the civil/geotechnical engineering community worldwide.
This edited book’s theme is organized as a part of the GeoMEast 2019 International Congress and Exhibition that was held in Cairo, Egypt, on November 10–14 2019.The editors like to express their deep appreciation and gratitude to the authors for their valuable contributions to the GeoMEast 2019 proceedings and to all session chairs and reviewers for their sincere efforts to make this book a reality. The editors are very grateful to have this opportunity to participate in organizing this GeoMEast 2019 conference and hope that this book theme is a valuable reference to the civil/geotechnical engineering community worldwide.
Presents the state of the art and practice on the analysis and design of piles under axial and lateral loading Provides the state of the art and practice on the long-term increase in pile capacity (or setup), effect of pile group, and effect of excavation on pile capacity Discusses the state of the art and practice on the use of in-situ tests to evaluate the bearing capacity and settlement of piles
Pedro Pinto
Axial pile capacity Soil-Structure Interaction Lateral pile capacity Pile group Pile setup Numerical analysis Raft foundation