Seismic bearing capacity of foundations on slopes

Geotechnique

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 347-361

  Kumar, J ^a   Mohan Rao, V B K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Bearing capacity; Earthquakes; Footings foundations; Plasticity; Soil classification

Indexed keywords

BEARING CAPACITY; EARTHQUAKES; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); SOIL MECHANICS;

SEISMIC BEARING CAPACITY;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

BEARING CAPACITY; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; FAILURE MECHANISM; FOUNDATION; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SLOPE DYNAMICS;

EID: 0038667800     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2003.53.3.347     Document Type: Article

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