Vertically loaded shallow foundation on soft clayey silt

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Geotechnical Engineering

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-26

  Lehane, Barry M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

F?; Foundation; Geotechnical; O?

Indexed keywords

PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; SHEAR STRENGTH; SILT;

PIEZOMETERS;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

CLAY; FOOTING; FOUNDATION; LOADING TEST; SILT; SOFT SOIL;

EID: 0141725882     PISSN: 13532618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geng.2003.156.1.17     Document Type: Article

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