Interpretation of plate load tests on residual soil site

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 124, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 857-867

  Consoli, Nilo C ^a   Schnaid, Fernando ^a   Milititsky, Jarbas ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEARING CAPACITY; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FOUNDATIONS; FRICTION; LOAD TESTING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SETTLEMENT OF STRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

PLATE LOAD TESTS; RESIDUAL SOIL SITES;

SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS;

BEARING CAPACITY; LOADING TEST; RESIDUAL SOIL; SETTLEMENT;

EID: 0032171078     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(1998)124:9(857)     Document Type: Article

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