| Abstract: | Discrete pile rows are an established technique for improving the stability of infrastructure slopes. However, the impact of pile spacing along the row is not clearly understood from a current design perspective in terms of the ultimate interaction capacity. A series of geotechnical centrifuge model tests were undertaken with the upper layer of a slope tending to fail and interact with a discrete pile row. The results were interpreted to clarify the effects of pile row interaction with the slope, and verify results from other recent numerical studies. |
