Some observations of the effects of time on the capacity of piles driven in sand

Geotechnique

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 227-244

  Jardine, R J ^a   Standing, J R ^a   Chow, F C ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INTECSEA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Creep; Piles; Sands; Time dependence

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FAILURE; INTACT AGEING CHARACTERISTIC (IAC); SHAFT CAPACITIES; TIME DEPENDENCE;

AGING OF MATERIALS; BRITTLE FRACTURE; CREEP; PILE DRIVING; SANDSTONE; TENSILE TESTING;

PILES;

AGING; BEARING CAPACITY; FAILURE MECHANISM; LOADING TEST; PILE DRIVING; STEEL STRUCTURE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR;

DUNKERQUE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; NORD [NORD-PAS-DE-CALAIS]; NORD-PAS-DE-CALAIS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33744784835     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: 00168505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2006.56.4.227     Document Type: Article

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