Predicted and observed performance of an oil tank founded on soil-cement columns in clayey soils

Soils and Foundations

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 229-241

  Rampello, S ^a   Callisto, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Case history; Cohesive soil; Deep mixing soil stabilisation; Non linear; Numerical analysis; Oil tank; Settlement; Soil improvement (IGC: D6 E2 H1)

Indexed keywords

CLAY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOUNDATIONS; LOAD TESTING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SOIL CEMENT; STIFFNESS; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS;

CASE HISTORY; COHESIVE SOIL; DEEP MIXING SOIL STABILIZATION; NON-LINEAR STRESS-STRAIN BEHAVIOR; SOIL IMPROVEMENT; TIME-SETTLEMENT CURVE;

OIL TANKS;

EID: 24744433547     PISSN: 00380806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3208/sandf.43.4_229     Document Type: Article

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