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Abstract
Pile foundation has historically involved the use of traditional materials such as concrete, steel and timber. However, these materials suffer from strength degradation and their repair cost is significant, especially if they install in harsh marine/aggressive environments. A relatively new trend in the piling industry is to use FRP composites as substitute materials. The current study was undertaken to investigate the geotechnical behaviour of FRP composite piles. As regarding geotechnical study, extensive research programs have been conducted to investigate the engineering performance of the FRP piles as interface friction and load bearing applications. The small number of previous studies on the FRP composites as piling materials encouraged the author to proceed further study in that field. The geotechnical study investigation was subdivided to:- 1) The interface friction study was conducted between FRP and particular materials. The interface effects were modelled using a commercial finite element package ABAQUS (6.11). The models were conducted using different two FRP composite materials (i.e. GFRP and CFRP). 2) The Young’s modulus effects were modelled using a commercial finite element package ABAQUS (6.11). The models were conducted using different two FRP composite materials (i.e. GFRP and CFRP)