Use of the piezocone test to predict the axial capacity of driven and jacked piles in clay

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-41

  Almeida, Marcio S S ^a,b   Danziger, Fernando A B ^a,b   Lunne, Tom ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b NORWEGIAN GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Axial pile capacity; Clay; Cone penetration test; Piezocone; Pile; Skin friction

Indexed keywords

AXIAL CAPACITY; CLAY; CONE PENETRATION TEST; PIEZOCONE TEST; PILE CAPACITY;

EID: 0029749844     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t96-022     Document Type: Article

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