Centrifuge Testing of Vertically Loaded Battered Pile Groups in Sand

Geotechnical Testing Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 281-288

  Zhang, Limin ^a   McVay, Michael C ^a   Lai, Peter ^b  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Battered pile group; Centrifuge test; Finite element method; Plumb pile group

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000675703     PISSN: 01496115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/gtj11367j     Document Type: Article

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