Science and empiricism in pile foundation design

Geotechnique

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 847-875

  Randolph, M F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Axial capacity; Dynamic testing; Pile driving; Pile foundations; Pile groups; Piled rafts

Indexed keywords

CLAY; CORRELATION METHODS; DEFORMATION; PILES; PRODUCT DESIGN;

QUANTIFICATION;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

BEARING CAPACITY; CLAY; FOUNDATION; LOADING; NUMERICAL METHOD; PILE RESPONSE; SAND;

EID: 0347300621     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2003.53.10.847     Document Type: Article

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