A DEM-Based Factor to Design Rock-Socketed Piles Considering Socket Roughness
J.G. Gutiérrez-Ch, S. Senent, S. Melentijevic, R. Jimenez Abstract The Distinct Element Method (DEM) has gained recent attention to study geotechnical designs with rock-concrete or rock–rock interfaces, such as rock-socketed piles. In this work, 3D DEM models with non-standard contacts laws (the Smooth-Joint and Flat-Joint contact models) are proposed to analyze the response of axially loaded rock-socketed piles […]