Research

 
My major field of research is geotechnical engineering, deep foundations, and tunnelling. Specifically, areas of expertise include, but not only limited to:
 

        - Soil dynamics

        - Soil Structure Interactions (SSI)

        - Model testings (1g and centrifuge tests)

        - Analysis and design of pile foundations including inclined/batter piles

        - Seismic design of geotechnical structures

        - Numerical modelling and analysis of geotechnical problems

        - Retaining structures

        - Sprayed concrete lined tunnels

        - Project management

 
 

List of Publications

A. Journals
 
 
Shrestha NR, Saitoh M, Goit CS, and Saha AK (2021) Experimental and Numerical Analysis on the Rate-Dependent Cyclic Lateral Load on a Single Pile in Sand. International Journal of Civil Infrastructure, Vol. 4, pp. 9-15.
 
Shrestha NR, Saitoh M, Saha AK, and Goit CS (2021) Frequency-and intensity-dependent impedance functions of laterally loaded single piles in cohesionless soil. Soils and Foundations, Vol. 61, Issue 1, February 2021, pp. 129-143.
 
Goit CS, Saitoh M, Igarashi T and Sasaki S (2021) Inclined single piles under vertical loadings in cohesionless soil. Acta Geotechnica. Vol. 16, Issue 4, pp. 1231-1245.
 
Hochi Y, Murono Y, Saitoh M, and Goit CS (2019) Earthquake motion filtering effect by pile foundations considering nonlinearity of soil and piles. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 125, October 2019, 105748.
 
Ullah MS, Kajiwara K, Goit CS and Saitoh M (2019) Frequency and intensity dependent dynamic responses of soil-steel pipe sheet pile (SPSP) foundation-superstructure system. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 125, October 2019, 105730.
 
Ullah MS, Yamamoto H, Goit CS and Saitoh M (2018) On the verification of superposition method of kinematic interaction and inertial interaction in dynamic response analysis of soil-pile-structure systems. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 113, pp. 522-533.
 
Goit CS and Saitoh M (2018) Single pile under vertical vibrations in cohesionless soil. Géotechnique, Vol. 68, Issue 10, pp. 893-904.
 
Torshizi MF, Saitoh M, Álamo GM, Goit CS, Padrón LA (2018) Influence of pile radius on the pile head kinematic bending strains of end-bearing pile groups. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 105, pp. 184-203.
 
Goit CS and Saitoh M (2016) Experimental approach on the pile-to-pile interaction factors and impedance functions of inclined piles. Géotechnique, Vol. 66, Issue 11, pp. 888-901.
 
Goit CS, Saitoh M and Mylonakis G (2016) Principle of superposition for assessing horizontal dynamic response of pile groups encompassing soil nonlinearity. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 82, pp. 73-83.
 
Saitoh M, Padrón LA, Aznárez JJ, Maeso O, and Goit CS (2016) Expanded Superposition Method for Impedance Functions of Inclined Pile Groups. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, Vol. 40, Issue 2, pp. 185-206.
 
Goit CS and Saitoh M (2014) Model tests on horizontal impedance functions of fixed-head inclined pile groups under soil nonlinearity. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 140, No. 6, pp. 04014023.
 
Tazoh T, Jang J, Taji Y, Kimata H, Sakai Y, Saitoh M, and Goit CS (2014) Nonlinear kinematic interaction response of batter pile - centrifuge vibration tests. Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Series A1 (Structural Engineering & Earthquake Engineering (SE/EE)), Vol. 70, No. 1, pp. 51-66.
 
Goit CS, Saitoh M, Oikawa H, and Kawakami H (2014) Effects of soil nonlinearity on the active length of piles embedded in cohesionless soil: model studies. Acta Geotechnica, Vol. 9, Issue 3, pp. 455-467.
 
Goit CS and Saitoh M (2013) Model tests and numerical analyses on horizontal impedance functions of inclined single piles embedded in cohesionless soil. Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration, Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 143-154.
 
Goit CS, Saitoh M, Mylonakis G, Kawakami H, and Oikawa H (2013) Model tests on horizontal pile-to-pile interaction incorporating local non-linearity and resonance effects. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 48, pp. 175-192.
 

B. Conferences and Proceedings

 
Zafar U, Goit CS, Saitoh M (2022) Influence of nonlinearities on the vertical kinematic interaction of piles. In the Proceedings of the 7th World Congress on Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering (CSEE'22), April 10-12, Virtual (Online).
 
Saha AK, Saitoh M, Shrestha NR, and Goit CS (2021) Numerical modelling of the rate-dependent characteristics of laterally loaded single piles in dry sand. In the Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Advances in Civil Engineering, ICACE 2020, March 4-6, Virtual (Online).
 
Shrestha NR, Saitoh M, Saha AK, and Goit CS (2020) Rate-dependent cyclic lateral load test on a single pile in sand. In the Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Civil, Structural and Transportation Engineering, ICCSTE 2020, Nov. 12-14, Virtual (Online).
 
Ullah MS, Sasaki A, Goit CS, Saitoh M (2020) Effect of the joint shear resistance on the dynamic responses of steel pipe sheet pile foundations. 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Sendai, Japan. Paper no. 4c-0046.
 
Dang J, Zuo R, and Goit CS (2020) Time control and experimental verification of IoT based structural seismic monitoring. 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Sendai, Japan. Paper no. C001738.
 
Goit CS (2019) On the Behaviour of Raked Piles. In the Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Engineering, Energy and Environment, pp. 249-254. Nov. 27-29, Bangkok, Thailand.
 
Zuo R, Dang J, and Goit CS (2019) Development and Experimental Verification of IoT Sensing based Structural Health Monitoring System. In the Proceeding of the 8th International Conference on Experimental Vibration Analysis for Civil Engineering Structures, Vol. 8, pp. 99-107. Sept. 5-9, Nanjing, China.
 
Ullah MS, Kajiwara K, Goit CS, and Saitoh M (2019) Effective foundation input motion for soil-steel pipe sheet pile (SPSP) foundation system. In the Proceedings of the International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, March 25-28, Tokyo, Japan.
 
Goit CS and Saitoh M (2017) Dynamic Pile-to-Pile Interaction Factors for Inclined Pile Groups. In the Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Engineering, Energy and Environment, pp. 165-170. Nov. 1-3, Bangkok, Thailand.
 
Álamo GM, Saitoh M, Goit CS, Padrón LA, Aznárez JJ, and Maeso O (2017) Pile-to-pile kinematic interaction factors for vertically-incident shear waves. 2nd Global Conference on Applied Computing in Science and Engineering, pp. 35-39. July 26-28, Canary Islands, Spain.
 
Goit CS and Saitoh M (2015) Effects of soil nonlinearity on the lateral impedance functions of inclined single piles. 17th JSCE International Summer Symposium, September 16-17, Okayama, Japan.
 
Goit CS, Saitoh M, and Mylonakis G (2013) Applicability of principle of superposition in obtaining horizontal impedance functions of pile groups under soil nonlinearity. 4th International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, COMPDYN 2013, June 12-14, Kos Island, Greece.
 
Goit CS, Saitoh M, and Mylonakis G (2012) Model tests on validation of principle of superposition in obtaining pile groups’ horizontal impedance functions under soil non-linearity. In the Proceeding of the  International Symposium on Earthquake Engineering, Japan Earthquake Engineering Association, Vol. 1, pp. 191-198.
 
Tazoh T, Sato M, Jang J, Taji Y, Kimata H, Kobayashi N, Saitoh M, Goit CS, and Gazetas G (2012) Seismic Behavior of Batter-Pile Foundation: Centrifuge Tests and Analytical Study. The 3rd International Symposium on Advances in Urban Safety, Nov. 24-25, Nanjing, China.
 
Goit CS, Kovacs A, and Thomas A (2011) Advanced numerical modelling in tunnel design – The example of a major project in the UK. 2nd International FLAC/DEM Symposium, Feb. 14-16, Melbourne, Australia.
 
Goit CS, Saitoh M, Kawakami H, and Nishiyma S (2008) Experimental Studies on Non-Linear Response of Soil-Pile-Structure Systems Subjected to Strong Ground Motion. 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Oct. 12-17, Beijing, China.
 
C. Reports