ABSTRACT

In this paper, the results from a series of dynamic centrifuge model tests carried out at the National University of Singapore are presented. The centrifuge experiments were performed to examine seismic soil-pile response in soft clays, with special focus on the stiffness degradation due to earthquake shaking and corresponding changes in the spectral characteristics of the ground motion. The bending moments developed along the pile length were also processed using measurements obtained from strain gauges instrumented along the model piles.