Allowable bearing capacity of shallow foundations based on shear wave velocity

Geotechnical and Geological Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 203-218

  Tezcan, Semih S ^a   Keceli, Ali ^b   Ozdemir, Zuhal ^c  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Higher Education and Research Foundation   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Allowable bearing pressure; Bearing capacity; Foundation design; Shallow footings; Shear wave

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BEARING CAPACITY; FOUNDATIONS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; SHEAR WAVES; SOIL MECHANICS;

ALLOWABLE BEARING PRESSURE; FOUNDATION DESIGN; SHALLOW FOOTINGS; SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY; SOIL PARAMETERS;

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY;

BEARING CAPACITY; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; FOUNDATION;

EID: 33644787531     PISSN: 09603182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10706-004-1748-4     Document Type: Article

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