Deep penetration of shallow foundations on non-homogeneous soil

Soils and Foundations

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 241-246

  Hu, Y ^a   Randolph, M F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bearing capacity; Cohesive soil; Finite element method; Heterogeneity; Plasticity solutions; Shallow foundation (IGC: E3 E13)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003965811     PISSN: 00380806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3208/sandf.38.241     Document Type: Article

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