Bearing capacity of shallow foundations in anisotropic non-hoek-brown rock masses

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1014-1023

  Singh, Mahendra ^a   Rao, K Seshagiri ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Bearing capacity; Foundation design; Rocks; Shallow foundations

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BEARING CAPACITY; CIVIL ENGINEERING; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FOUNDATIONS; PRESSURE; STRESSES;

FOUNDATION DESIGN; NON HOEK-BROWN ROCK MASSES; SHALLOW FOUNDATION;

ROCKS;

BEARING CAPACITY; FOUNDATION; ROCK MASS RESPONSE;

EID: 23844479582     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2005)131:8(1014)     Document Type: Article

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