The behaviour of lightly loaded piles in swelling ground and implications for their design

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Geotechnical Engineering

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 3-16

  Crilly, M S ^a   Driscoll, R M C ^a  

^a BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foundations; Piles and piling; Subsidence

Indexed keywords

CLAY; PILES; SHEAR STRESS; SUBSIDENCE; SWELLING;

LIGHTLY LOADED PILES;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

EXPANSIVE SOIL; LONDON CLAY; PILE RESPONSE; SHEAR STRENGTH; SUBSIDENCE; SWELLING;

ENGLAND(KENT); UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033993967     PISSN: 13532618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geng.2000.143.1.3     Document Type: Article

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