The primary objective of this study is to propose a Limit States Design method for shallow and deep foundations that is based on a rational, probability-based investigation of design methods. In particular, Load and Resistance Factor Design is used to facilitate ...

The advent of the wave equation analysis during the 1960s through the 1970s was a quantum leap in modern foundation engineering. For the first time, the full complex of pile driving could be considered, that is, velocity dependent aspects (damping), soil deformation ...