They cited 10 references related to the lateral spreading of soft soils compacted in highway applications. The citations were published between 2010 and 1994 and include seven references from conference proceedings and journals, two technical reports and one book chapter. [Source: WSDOT via TRB]
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Developing Production Pile Driving Criteria from Test Pile Data
From the report summary: Although exploratory borings and engineering studies during design are an integral part of foundation engineering, the axial resistance of a driven pile foundation is ultimately determined by the criteria used to […]
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Design Guidelines for Increasing the Lateral Resistance of Highway-Bridge Pile Foundations by Improving Weak Soils
TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 697: Design Guidelines for Increasing the Lateral Resistance of Highway-Bridge Pile Foundations by Improving Weak Soils examines guidance for strengthening of soils to resist lateral forces on […]
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Practices and Procedures for Site-Specific Evaluations of Earthquake Ground Motions
A new synthesis report by the NCHRP aims to identify the current state of the practice in site-specific earthquake design. TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 428: Practices and Procedures for Site-Specific Evaluations […]