The lecture will take its offset in ongoing research at two Danish Geotechnical Test sites establised by Aarhus University; a soft organic silt site at Randers Habour and a high plasticity clay site at Hinge. After an overview of the general geotechnical characterisation of the test-sites, the lecture will in the first part give insight into the observed soil-pile interaction in connection to full-scale testing and monitoring of instrumented driven and bored piles, and in the second part focus on the rate-dependent mechanical behaviour of Gytja and high plasticity Søvind Marl as observed in laboratory element testing.

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