At the Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory, we study the impact of soil-related issues on structures. Our work includes:
- Determination of typical resilient modulus values for selected soils representative of the soils distributions of Wisconsin
- Evaluation of bridge approach settlement mitigation methods
- Investigation of vertical members to resist surficial slope instabilities
- Load and resistance factor design of deep foundations
- Finite element analysis of time-dependent increase in capacity of driven piles
- Analysis and design of dies for polymer extrusion