Interpretation of a footing load test on a saprolitic soil from granite

Geotechnique

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 633-651

  Da Fonseca, A Viana ^a   Fernandes, M Matos ^a   Cardoso, A Silva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Deformation; Footing; Full scale tests; In situ testing; Laboratory tests; Residual soils

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; ELASTICITY; FOUNDATIONS; GRANITE; LOAD TESTING; MECHANICAL TESTING; MONITORING; NUMERICAL METHODS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SETTLEMENT OF STRUCTURES; SOILS; STRAIN MEASUREMENT;

ELASTIC ANALYSES; FOOTING; IN SITU TESTING; LABORATORY TESTS; PRESSURE SETTLEMENT CURVE;

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY;

FOOTING; LOADING TEST; RESIDUAL SOIL;

EID: 0031212644     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.1997.47.3.633     Document Type: Article

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