The responses of the individual base and side components of O-cell load tests on drilled shaft foundations can be evaluated within an elastic continuum framework using results from seismic piezocone tests (SCPTu). The SCPTu is an optimal means for collection ...

<p>The prescribed motion to be used as base excitation for shear wave propagation studies in soils is not well defined in the literature. This paper utilizes two methods to investigate the concept of utilizing one-half the rock surface velocity as the incident ...