Modelling the behaviour of circular footings under combined loading on loose carbonate sand

Geotechnique

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 705-712

  Cassidy, M J ^a   Byrne, B W ^b   Houlsby, G T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcareous soils; Model tests; Numerical modelling; Offshore engineering; Plasticity; Soil structure interaction

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LOADS (FORCES); PLASTICITY; SAND; SILICA; SOIL MECHANICS;

CIRCULAR FOOTINGS;

STRAIN HARDENING;

CALCAREOUS SOIL; FOOTING; FOUNDATION; HARDENING; SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

EID: 0036930322     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2002.52.10.705     Document Type: Article

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