Critical depth: How it came into being and why it does not exist

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Geotechnical Engineering

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 107-111

  Fellenius, B H ^a   Altaee, A A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b Urkkada Technology Ltd ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL DEPTH; FOUNDATION; LOADING; PILE;

CALCULATIONS; FRICTION; LOADS (FORCES); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHEAR STRESS; SOILS; STRESS ANALYSIS; TESTING;

CRITICAL DEPTH; FULL SCALE TESTS; RESIDUAL LOADS; SHAFT RESISTANCE; STRESS SCALE TESTS;

PILES;

EID: 0029416366     PISSN: 13532618     EISSN: 17518563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/igeng.1995.27590     Document Type: Article

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