Elastic response of circular footings embedded in a non-homogeneous half-space

Geotechnique

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 703-714

  Doherty, J P ^a   Deeks, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Elasticity; Footing foundations; Offshore engineering; Soil structure interaction; Stiffness; Torsion

Indexed keywords

CLAY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SAND; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

LOAD DISPLACEMENT;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

DISPLACEMENT; ELASTICITY; FOOTING; HALF SPACE; LOADING TEST; SHEAR MODULUS; SOIL MECHANICS;

EID: 0142230000     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2003.53.8.703     Document Type: Article

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