Miguel-Tortola, Lucia; Pallarés Rubio, Luis; Miguel Sosa, Pedro(Elsevier, 2018)
[EN] The strut-and-tie model (STM) is currently established as the best approach for pile cap design. This model leads
to efficient estimations of the main reinforcement placed in strips between piles. However, good ...
Meléndez-Gimeno, Carlos; Sagaseta, Juan; Miguel Sosa, Pedro; Pallarés Rubio, Luis(American Concrete Institute, 2019-07-01)
[EN] Pile caps used in foundations are commonly designed for simple cases of loading and geometry using the strut-and-tie method. This approach is known to provide safe designs and rather conservative predictions of the ...