On the definition of raft-soil stiffness ratio for rectangular rafts

Geotechnique

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1055-1061

  Horikoshi, K ^a   Randolph, M F ^b  

^a TAISEI CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Deformation; Elasticity; Rafts; Settlement; Soil structure interaction; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); FOUNDATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SETTLEMENT OF STRUCTURES; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; STIFFNESS;

BENDING MOMENT; RAFT FOUNDATIONS; RAFT SOIL STIFFNESS RATIO;

SOIL MECHANICS;

RAFT; SETTLEMENT; SOIL/STRUCTURE INTERACTION; STIFFNESS;

EID: 0031468411     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.1997.47.5.1055     Document Type: Article

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