Behavior of circular footings resting on confined granular soil

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 359-366

  El Sawwaf, M ^a   Nazer, A ^a  

^a TANTA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Bearing capacity; Cofinement; Cohensionless soils; Footings; Model tests; Shallow foundations; Soil improvement; Soil settlement

Indexed keywords

GRANULAR MATERIALS; LOADS (FORCES); REINFORCEMENT; SAND;

CIRCULAR FOOTINGS; LATERAL DISPLACEMENT; LOAD CAPACITY; MAXIMUM BEARING CAPACITY; SOIL CONFINEMENT;

SOILS;

BEARING CAPACITY; FOOTING; FOUNDATION; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; SOIL MECHANICS;

EID: 14844290218     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2005)131:3(359)     Document Type: Article

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