A static evaluation of soil plug behavior with application to the pile plugging problem

2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS (in brief) 6 TABLE OF CONTENTS (in detail) 9 LIST OF SYMBOLS 16 LIST OF TABLES 21 LIST OF FIGURES 23

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