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Pullout Behaviour of Belled Piles Under Axial and Oblique Pull in Soil-rock Composite Ground: An Experimental Study
Transmission tower foundation is an important facility to ensure the stability of transmission tower structural systems under severe environment (such as strong winds). These piles are usually subjected to obl...
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Open AccessNumerical investigation of vertical borehole heat exchanger heat transfer under coupled conditions of groundwater seepage and layered subsurface
Vertical borehole heat exchangers (VBHEs) have been considered to be one of the best sustainable geotechnical technologies for building heating or cooling. In most of the current numerical models for the analy...
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Thermal-Hydraulic-Mechanical Coupling Research on Overburden Pressure Mitigated Ice Lens Growth in the Freezing Soil
Frost heave induced ground surface uplift can have a destructive impact on infrastructures when freezing methods are used for underground construction. The complexity of overburden pressure and the coupled hea...
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Field Test on Uplift Bearing Capacity of Rock-Socketed Belled Piles
The thick sandstone with an upper layer of clay (2 m to 3 m) was identified at the transmission line projects in western China. Tower foundations are affected by extreme weather such as strong wind and snow al...