3-D elasto-plastic finite element analyses of pile foundations subjected to lateral loading

Soils and Foundations

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 97-111

  Wakai, Akihiko ^a   Gose, Shingo ^b   Ugai, Keizo ^b  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Engineering Department   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coefficient of subgrade reaction; Earth pressure; Elasto plasticity; Field test; Finite element method; Horizontal load; Model test; Pile group; Sand; Triaxial compression test (IGC: E4 E12)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002536685     PISSN: 00380806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3208/sandf.39.97     Document Type: Article

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