1 Strength Predictions of Pile Caps by a Strut-and-Tie Model Approach 1 JungWoong Park, Daniel Kuchma, and Rafael Souza 2 JungWoong Park, Daniel Kuchma, and Rafael Souze 3 Address: 4 Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 5 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 6 2114 Newmark Laboratory, 205 N. Mathews Ave., Urbana, IL, 61801, USA. 7 8 Corresponding author: Daniel Kuchma 9 Address: 10 Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 11 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 12 2106 Newmark Laboratory, 205 N. Mathews Ave., Urbana, IL, 61801, USA. 13 (217)-333-1571 (Phone) 14 (217)-333-9464 (Fax) 15 [email protected] 16