Geocentrix Repute - Intelligent pile design and analysis

Technical papers (in reverse chronological order)

Publications on Repute

2023

Allan Dishington, Sam Reynolds, Miles Bevan, Jun Wang, and Peter Gilbert (2023), Colne Valley Viaduct foundation design, High Speed Two (HS2): Infrastructure Design and Construction – Volume 3, 233-253.

Yuan, R. & Storr, T. (2023). Investigation of the behaviour and the design for piles subject to ground heave. High Speed Two (HS2): Infrastructure Design and Construction - Volume 3, ICE Publishing, Thomas Telford, United Kingdom, p. 75-90.

2022

Yensri, P., Kitiyodom, P., Asanprakit, A., Duangsano, O. & Phien-Wej, N. (2022). Assessment of tunnelling on existing pile foundations in Bangkok MRT Orange Line. Proc. ITA-AITES World Tunnel Congress, WTC2022 and 47th General Assembly Bella Center, Copenhagen, Denmark, 6p.

Franceschini, M., Fiorelli, F., Bandiera, E., Colella, V., Cortellazzo, G. & Dei Svaldi, A. (2022). Deep foundations of the new Pavilion 37 – fair quarter Bologna. Proc. 5th Int. Symposium On Cone Penetration Testing (Cone Penetration Testing 2022), Gottardi & Tonni (eds), Bologna, Italy, pp. 944-948.

Franceschini, M., Fiorelli, F. & Bandiera, E. (2022). A comprehensive design procedure for pile groups in liquefiable soils. Proc. 5th Int. Symposium On Cone Penetration Testing (Cone Penetration Testing 2022), Gottardi & Tonni (eds), Bologna, Italy, pp. 938-943.

2021

Batilas et al. (2021), Design methodology for bridge abutment pile group foundations – a case study, Piling 2020, 6pp.

2019

Randolph, M.F. & Reul, O. (2019). Practical approaches for design of pile groups and piled rafts. Proc. 4th Bolivian Int. Conf. on Deep Foundations, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, 26p.

O'Brien, A.S. (2019). From Minor to Major – The Evolution of Deep Foundations for Transportation Projects. Proc. 4th Bolivian Int. Conf. on Deep Foundations, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, 31p.

Lee, P.T., Tan, Y.C., Lim, B.L. & Ng, W.H. (2019). Design and Construction of Driven Piles over Klang Clay. Proc. 1st Malaysian Geotechnical Society (MGS) and Geotechnical Society of Singapore (GeoSS) Conference 2019, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, 24-26 June 2019, 6p.

Franza, A., Jimenez, R. & Marshall, A.M. (2019). Elastic analysis of tunnelling beneath capped pile groups. Proc. XVII European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Reykjavik, Iceland, 1-6 September 2019, 8p.

2018

Luo, R., Yang, M. & Li, W. (2018). Normalized settlement of piled raft in homogeneous clay. Computers and Geotechnics, Vol. 103, November, pp. 165-178.

Li, C.Y. (2018). Pile Capacity & Settlement Analysis for Bridging Slabs. Technical Note, Mott MacDonald, UK, 31p.

2017

Haberfield, C.M. (2017). Practical application of soil structure interaction analysis. Proc. 19th Int. Conf. on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Seoul, Honour Lecture, pp. 81-99.

Poulos, H.G. (2017). Tall Building Foundation Design. CRC Press, 532p.

2016

Poulos, H.G. (2016). Tall building foundations: design methods and applications. Innovative Infrastructure Solutions 1:10, Springer, 1–51.

Poulos, H.G. (2016). Lessons Learned from Designing High-rise Building Foundations. Za-Chieh Moh Lecture. Proc. 19th Southeast Asian Geotechnical Conference & 2nd AGSSEA Conference, Deep Excavation and Ground Improvement, Subang Jaya, Malaysia, pp. 45-59.

Bayton, S.M., Black, J.A., Smith, C.C., Handley, B. & Primet, C. (2016). Challenging the perception of precast piles. Ground Engineering, UK, December, pp. 27-32.

Fiorelli, F., Muscolino, E., Pancaldi, D., Amoroso, S. & Franceschini, M. (2016). Caratterizzazione geotecnica per la progettazione di nuove strutture di ricezione turistica ad Harvest Caye, Belize. Proc. IAGIG - 6^ Incontro Annuale dei Giovani Ingegneri Geotecnici, Verona, Italy, 20-21 May 2016, 4p (in Italian).

2015

Schnaid, F., Militsky, J., Kormann, A., Odebrecht, E., Costanzi, M., and Sestrem, L. (2015). Araquari Experimental testing Site, Brazil - Prediction Event. 8th Seminar on Special Foundations Engineering and Geotechnics (SEFE VIII), São Paulo, Brazil, June 23-25, 23p.

Bunce, G.C., Wiles, A., Haliburton, M., Parry, M., Melillo, R. & Back, M. (2015). The Geotechnical Aspects of the London Bridge Station Redevelopment. Proc. XVI European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Edinburgh (UK), 13-17 September 2015, pp. 813-818.

2014

Pirrello, S. & Poulos, H.G. (2014). Comparison of Four Pile Group Analysis Programs. Proc. Int. Symp. on Advances in Foundation Engineering (ISAFE2013), Singapore, 5-6 December 2013, pp. 291-297.

2013

Zhang, H.H. & Choi, B. (2013). Foundation Design Challenges at Hunter Expressway Alliance Project in Australia. In New Frontiers in Engineering Geology and the Environment (ed. Y. Huang et al.), Springer Geology, Vol. 9, pp. 177-180.

Ling, S.Y. & Yong, L.C. (2013). Behavior of piles in palm biodiesel contaminated mining sand. International Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 3, No. 6, pp. 1822-1830.

Fattah, M.Y., Shlash, K.T. & Al-Soud, M.S.M. (2013). Boundary Element Analysis of Pile Groups in Sand. Global Journal of Researches in Engineering Civil And Structural Engineering, Global Journals Inc. (USA), Vol. 13, Issue 3, pp. 1-25.

2012

O'Brien, A.S. (2012). Pile-group design. In ICE Manual of Geotechnical Engineering Volume 2: Geotechnical Design, Construction and Verification (ed. J. Burland et al.), The Institution of Civil Engineers Publishing, London, Chapter 55, pp. 823-851.

Guazzotti, F., Enrione, R. & Galimberti, G. (2012). I viadotti della linea ferroviaria ad alta velocità Oued Tlelat-Tlemcen (Algeria): comportamento di pali in gruppo ed interazione palo-terreno nel calcolo della rigidezza delle fondazioni per la verifica binario-struttura (voie-ouvrage). Proc. IAGIG - 2^ Incontro Annuale dei Giovani Ingegneri Geotecnici, Bologna, Italy, 4-5 May 2012, pp. 81-85 (in Italian).

Fattah, M.Y., Shlash, K.T. & Al-Soud, M.S.M. (2012). Pile-clayey soil interaction analysis by boundary element method. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 28–43.

2011

O'Brien, A. (2011). Exploring the limits of the Observational Method. BGA/CFMS Seminar, December, Paris, 12p.

2010

Ormerod, M. (2010). Al Dabba Bridge, Sudan. Concrete Engineering International, The Concrete Society, Surrey (UK), Vol. 44, Issue No. 11, December, pp. 24-26.

O'Brien, A. & Bown, A. (2010). Pile group design for major structures. Proc. 11th DFI & EFFC Int. Conf. on Geotechnical Challenges in Urban Regeneration, June 26-28, London, 11p.

Martin, J., St John, H., Fraser, J., Taylor, T. & Smith, M. (2010). Cannon Station Redevelopment, London. Proc. 11th DFI/EFFC Int. Conf. on Geotechnical Challenges in Urban Regeneration, London, 26-28 May 2010, London, 12pp.

Togliani, G. (2010). Dimensionamento preliminare fondazioni profonde. Technical Note (in Italian), Massagno, Switzerland, 17p.

Bond, A. J. & Basile, F. (2010). Repute 2.0, Software for pile design and analysis. Reference Manual, Geocentrix Ltd, United Kingdom, 49p.

2009

Ibrahim, K., Bunce, G., & Murrells, C. (2009). Foundation design for the Pentominium tower in Dubai, UAE. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers (UK), Civil Engineering, Vol. 162, Issue 6, pp. 25–33.

Poulos, H.G. (2009). Tall buildings and deep foundations - Middle East challenges. Proc. 17th Int. Conf. on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ICSMGE 2009), Alexandria, Egypt, Terzaghi Oration, M. Hamza et al. (Eds.), pp. 3173-3205.

Poulos, H. (2009). Optimisation of pile foundation system design in East Asia. Piling and Deep Foundations Asia Summit "Ensuring Cost-Effective, Safe and Sustainable Foundations in East Asia", Part 1, July, Lantau, Hong Kong, China.

Smith, D.A. and Hendy, C.R. (2009). Design of the Dubai Metro light rail viaducts—substructure. Bridge Engineering, Thomas Telford, Vol. 162, Issue 2, pp. 63-74.

2008

Poulos, H. & Bunce, G. (2008). Foundation design for the Burj Dubai - The World's Tallest Building. Proc. 6th Int. Conf. on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering and Symposium in Honor of Professor James K. Mitchell, Arlington, Va (Usa), Paper No. 1.47, pp 1-16.

Poulos, H. (2008). The piled raft foundation for the Burj Dubai – Design and performance. IGS-Ferroco Terzaghi Oration 2008, Indian Geotechnical Society, Indore, India.

Salgado, R., Dipanjan, B., Gavin, K., Kumar, S., Estrada Alvarez, G.M. & Ahmad, S.F. (2008). Analysis, design, testing and performance of foundations. Proc. 6th Int. Conf. on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering and Symposium in Honor of Professor James K. Mitchell, Arlington, Va (Usa), General Report - Session 1, pp 1-23.

Poulos, H. (2008). Foundation design for high-rise buildings: Emirates Towers and Burj Dubai case studies. Proc. Piling and Deep Foundations Summit 2008, Shangri-La Hotel, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Opening Keynote Session.

Hamza, O. & Bellis, A. (2008). Assessment of a bridge pier pile foundation subjected to bearing replacement.  Proc. 2nd British Geotech. Assoc. Int. Conf. on Foundations, Dundee, United Kingdom, pp 125-136.

Song, J.Y., Choi, K.Y., Shin, H.Y., Lee, W.S., Cho, B.C. & Hwang, D. W. (2008). Design and construction of approach bridge in Incheon Bridge project. Proc. 4th Int. Conf. on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management (IABMAS'08), Seoul, Korea, July 13-17, 2008.

Malpasso, M. (2008). Modellazione del comportamento dei pali soggetti a condizione di carico combinato. MEng thesis (in Italian), University of Catania, Italy, 165p.

2007

Dubai Rapid Link Consortium (2007). Design of the Dubai Metro light rail viaducts—substructure. Viaducts Design Basis Report, WS Atkins, November, 67p.

Flett, I.D., Carter, M., Hussain, N. & Yeoward, A. (2007). Incheon Bridge Project—The role of the Contractor's Checking Engineer. Proc. IABSE International Symposium Weimar 2007, Weimar (Germany), IABSE Report, 7p.

O'Brien, A.S. (2007). Raising the 133m high Triumphal Arch at the New Wembley Stadium, Risk Management via the Observational Method. Proc. Of the 14th European Conference on Soil mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Madrid, Millpress Science Publishers, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, pp. 365-370.

2006

Hardy, S. & O'Brien, A.S. (2006). Non-linear analysis of large pile groups for the new Wembley stadium. Proc. 10th Int. Conf. on Piling and Deep Foundations, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Publ. by Deep Foundation Institute (DFI), USA, pp. 303-310.

2005

O’Brien, A.S., Hardy, S., Farooq, I., & Ellis, E.A. (2005). Foundation engineering for the UK's new national stadium at Wembley. Proc. 16th Int. Conf. on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Osaka, Japan, pp. 1533-1536.

Hardy, S. (2005). Non-linear analysis of large pile groups for the new Wembley Stadium. 35th Cooling Prize Final, British Geotechnical Association, London.

2002

Amalfi, M. (2002). Metodi iterativi per la risoluzione di sistemi lineari di grandi dimensioni. BSc thesis (in Italian), University of Messina, 103p.

Mancuso, A. (2002). Metodi diretti per la risoluzione di problemi reali a grandi dimensioni. BSc thesis (in Italian), University of Messina, 153p.

2001

Suckling, T. P. & Lee, J. (2001). Piled foundation aspects of the bridge slide at Newark Dyke. Underground Construction 2001, Int. Symposium & Exhibition, London, pp 361-372.

Papers by Dr Francesco Basile (author of PGroupN)

2020

2019

Basile, F. (2019). The role of cap flexibility in pile group design. Proc. XVII European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Reykjavik, Iceland, 1-6 September 2019, 11p.

2018

Basile, F. (2018). Pile groups with negative skin friction. Proc. DFI-EFFC Int. Conf. on Deep Foundations and Ground Improvement, Rome, 5-8 June 2018, pp. 934-947.

2017

Basile, F. (2017). Not so B.E.S.T. Class A predictions of pile behaviour. Proc. 3rd Bolivian International Conference on Deep Foundations, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, April 27-29, Vol. 3, 8p.

2015

Basile, F. (2015). Non-linear analysis of vertically loaded piled rafts. Computers and Geotechnics, Elsevier, Vol. 63, January, pp. 73-82.

2014

Basile, F. (2014). Effects of tunnelling on pile foundations. Soils and Foundations, Japanese Geotechnical Society, Keiichi Fujita Special Issue, in press.

2013

Basile, F. (2013). A practical method for the non-linear analysis of piled rafts. Proc. 18th Int. Conf. on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Paris, 2-6 September 2013, pp. 2675-2678.

Basile, F. (2013). Non-linear analysis of piled rafts. Proc. IAGIG - 3^ Incontro Annuale dei Giovani Ingegneri Geotecnici, Como, Italy, 10-11 May 2013, pp. 9-13.

2012

Basile, F. (2012). Pile-group response under seismic loading. Proc. 2nd Int. Conf. on Performance-Based Design in Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, Taormina, Italy, 28-30 May 2012, 16p.

2011

Basile, F. (2011). Pile-group response due to tunnelling. Proc. 7th Int. Symp. on "Geotechnical Aspects of Underground Construction in Soft Ground", Rome, 16-18 May 2011, 10p.

2010

Basile, F. (2010). Kinematic bending moments in pile groups. Proc. 14th European Conf. on Earthquake Engineering, Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia, 30 Aug-3 Sep 2010, 10p.

Basile, F. (2010). Pseudostatic analysis of pile groups under earthquake loading. Proc. 14th Danube-European Conference on Geotechnical Engineering "From Research to Design in European Practice", Bratislava, Slovakia, 2-4 June 2010, 19p, in press.

Basile, F. (2010). Torsional response of pile groups. Proc. 11th DFI/EFFC Int. Conf. on Geotechnical Challenges in Urban Regeneration, London, 26-28 May 2010, 13 p, in press.

Basile, F. (2010). Discussion of "Nonlinear analysis of torsionally loaded pile groups", by L.G. Kong & L.M. Zhang. Soils and Foundations, Japanese Geotechnical Society, Vol. 50, No. 2, April.

2007

Basile, F. (2007). Loading-deformation coupling in Repute. Technical Note, Geomarc Ltd, 5p.

2003

Basile, F. (2003). Load-transfer method vs continuum solution in pile group analysis and design. Proc. BGA Int. Conf. on Foundations: "Innovations, Observations, Design and Practice", Dundee, in press.

Basile, F. (2003). Discussion of “Analysis of laterally loaded pile groups using a variational approach”, by W. Y. Shen & C. I. Teh, Géotechnique 53, No. 5, pp 525-526.

Basile, F. (2003). Analysis and design of pile groups. In "Numerical Analysis and Modelling in Geomechanics" (ed. J. W. Bull), Spon Press, London, Chapter 10, pp 278-315.

2002

Basile, F. (2002). Integrated form of singular Mindlin’s solution. Proc. 10th ACME Conf., Swansea, pp 191-194.

2001

Basile, F. (2001). PGroupN, A novel solution for pile group analysis and design. Underground Construction 2001, Int. Symposium & Exhibition, London, pp 373-386.

Basile, F. (2002). PGroupN, Program for the analysis and design of pile groups. Version 1.5, User Manual, 37p.

2000

Basile, F. (2000). Discussion: Non-linear analysis of pile groups. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Geotechnical Engineering, Vol. 143, No. 4, October, pp 241-244.

1999

Basile, F. (1999). Non-linear analysis of pile groups. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Geotechnical Engineering, Vol. 137, No. 2, April, pp 105-115.

Basile, F. (1999). Non-linear analysis of pile groups under general loading conditions. PhD thesis, University of Glasgow, 249p.

1998

Basile, F. (1998). Non-linear analysis of vertically loaded pile groups. Proc. 3rd Int. Geotech. Seminar on Deep Foundations on Bored and Auger Piles, Ghent, pp 425-431.

1997

Basile, F. (1997). PGroupN, A computer program for the non-linear analysis of pile groups under general loading conditions. Proc. XVI Ciclo di Conferenze di Geotecnica di Torino “I pali e le fondazioni su pali”, Turin, 11pp.

Basile, F. & Davies, T. G. (1997). The boundary element method for non-linear analysis of piled foundations. Proceedings 1st UK Conference on Boundary Integral Methods, University of Leeds, pp 29-37.

Basile, F. & Davies, T. G. (1997). Linear and non-linear analysis of laterally loaded pile groups. Proceedings 5th ACME Conference, Imperial College, University of London, pp 84-87.

1996

Basile, F. (1996). Non-linear analysis of pile groups under general loading conditions. Proc. 4th BGS Conf. Young Geotechnical Engineers, Oxford, pp 21-22.

1993

Basile, F. (1993). Modellazione numerica con curve p-y di pali soggetti a forze orizzontali in testa. MEng thesis, University of Catania, 115pp.