Centrifuge tests on the sliding behaviour of spudcans

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 658-663

  Allersma, H G B ^a   Hospers, B ^b   Den Braber, J G ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

Geotechnical centrifuge; Jack up; Soil mechanics; Spudcan

Indexed keywords

SAND; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; STEEL STRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WIND EFFECTS;

CENTRIFUGE TESTS; JACK UP FOUNDATIONS; SPUDCANS;

FOUNDATIONS;

CENTRIFUGAL MODEL TEST; FOUNDATION; SAND; SLIDING; SPUDCAN;

EID: 0031251933     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t97-042     Document Type: Article

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