Numerical study of soil arching mechanism in drilled shafts for slope stabilization

Soils and Foundations

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 83-92

  Liang, Robert ^a   Zeng, Sanpino ^a  

^a University of Akron   (United States)

Author keywords

Drilled shafts; Slope stabilization; Soil arching; Stress transfer (IGC: E6)

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTERNAL FRICTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SHAFT DISPLACEMENT; STRESS ANALYSIS;

DRILLED SHAFTS; SOIL ARCHING MECHANISM; SOIL SLICE; STRESS TRANSFER;

SOILS;

EID: 2342500247     PISSN: 00380806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3208/sandf.42.2_83     Document Type: Article

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