Design of laterally loaded piles in cohesive soils using p-y curves

Soils and Foundations

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 17-26

  Wu, Dongqing ^a   Broms, Bengt B ^a   Choa, Victor ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

(IGC: E4); Clays; Cohesive; Lateral resistance; Load tests; Offshore structures; P y curves; Piles; Soil; Static loading

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645933610     PISSN: 00380806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3208/sandf.38.2_17     Document Type: Article

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