Determination of geometric reliability index of piles at site-specific scale: case studies

An application of geometric reliability techniques on various pile types based on 67 load–displacement curves obtained from pertinent literature is presented in this paper. These static loading tests were performed at local scale (even building-specific sites) under essentially identical geotechnical conditions. A power-law function with two parameters was used to fit the measured load–settlement curves. For each site, the means and coefficients...