Effects of long-term pre-loading on the performance of a footing on clay

Geotechnique

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 689-695

  Lehane, B M ^a   Jardine, R J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case history; Creep; Field instrumentation; Footings foundations

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; ANISOTROPY; BEARING CAPACITY; CLAY; CREEP; STIFFNESS;

PRELOADING;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

AGING; CLAY SOIL; CONSOLIDATION; CREEP; FOOTING; LOADING TEST; PRELOADING; SOIL MECHANICS; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0142198972     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2003.53.8.689     Document Type: Article

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