Scientific approaches to pile design have advanced enormously in recent decades and yet,
still, the most fundamental aspect of pile design—that of estimating the axial capacity—relies …

Mechanisms governing the sand plug behavior inside an open-ended pile are examined
using the discrete element method. A series of numerical pile penetration tests have been …

Both the driving response and static bearing capacity of open-ended piles are affected by
the soil plug that forms inside the pile during pile driving. In order to investigate the effect of …

The paper presents the results from an experimental program carried out at Trinity College
Dublin, in which instrumented model piles were jacked into loose dry sand in a large testing …

The bearing capacity of open-ended piles is affected by the degree of soil plugging, which is
quantified by the incremental filling ratio (IFR). There is not at present a design criterion for …

Plugging of open-ended pipe piles affects the drivability and the capacity of the pile.
Depending on their geometrical and geotechnical properties, as well as the driving …

This paper presents the application of the Coupled Eulerian–Lagrangian (CEL) numerical
technique to simulate the driving of open-ended piles into sandy soil. The main objective of …

The effects of gravity-and piston corers on the dimensional accuracy of marine sediment
cores is analysed using principles of soil mechanics. A model for the coring process is built …

This paper describes results from an experimental programme that investigated factors
affecting the shaft capacity of open-ended (pipe) piles in sand. A number of jacked pile …

A DEM simulation of the installation process of open-ended pile is conducted by means of
the particle flow code PFC 2D. Focus is placed on the investigation of the soil plug behavior …