Experimental investigations of the response of suction caissons to transient combined loading

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 240-253

  Byrne, Byron W ^a   Houlsby, Guy T ^a  

^a Dept of Engineering Science ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caissons; Combined stress; Cyclic loads; Displacement; Loads; Shallow foundations

Indexed keywords

CIVIL ENGINEERING; CYCLIC LOADS; DRAINAGE; LOADING;

SUCTION CAISSONS; VERTICAL LOADS;

CAISSONS;

CAISSON; FOUNDATION; LOADING; OFFSHORE APPLICATION;

EID: 1642391758     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2004)130:3(240)     Document Type: Article

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