Investigating the soil-water characteristics of calcareous soil has a great significance for preventing geological disasters on island-reefs as well maintaining foundation stability hydraulic-filled island-reefs. In this study, silty sands with different fines contents and dry densities were studied to reveal their effects The characteristic curve (SWCC) sand was measured using pressure plate a...

Increasing the cross-sectional area of piles or adding wings to are two strategies for increasing bearing capacity resist lateral stresses. Small and full-scale finite element models were used investigate effect on laterally loaded pile in this study. Four embedded ratios (4, 6, 8, 10) with various wing dimensions numbers. The results showed that increases resistance loads reduces displacement ...