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Geomechanics and Engineering
  Volume 43, Number 6, December25 2025 , pages 445-459
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/gae.2025.43.6.445
 


Reliability analysis of pile groups with dissimilar pile lengths in spatially variable expansive soils under rainfall
Shanwei Liu, Xiaohui Tan, Jun Zhang, Fusheng Zha and Qiao Wang

 
Abstract
    Reliability analysis of pile groups is a hot issue in geotechnical engineering. Pile groups with dissimilar pile lengths can be adopted to alleviate the differential settlement among foundation piles and to ensure the consistency of reliability index of each foundation pile. This paper presents an approach for analyzing the reliability of pile groups with dissimilar pile lengths subjected to vertical loads in spatially variable expansive soils under rainfall. The variation of soil
 
Key Words
    load transfer method; random field; reliability; pile; spatial variability
 
Address
Shanwei Liu, Xiaohui Tan, Jun Zhang, Fusheng Zha and Qiao Wang: School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China
 

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