Two-dimensional physical and numerical modeling of a pile-supported earth platform over soft soil

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 295-305

  Jenck, Orianne ^a   Dias, Daniel ^a   Kastner, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Granular materials; Numerical models; Piles; Scale models; Soft soils; Soil stabilization; Two dimensional models

Indexed keywords

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; STABILIZATION;

PILE-SUPPORTED EARTH PLATFORM; PLANE STRAIN CONTINUUM APPROACH;

PILES;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOMETRY; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PILE; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOFT SOIL; SOIL STABILIZATION; SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; SUPPORT STRUCTURE;

DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SHEAR PROPERTY; SOIL REINFORCEMENT;

EID: 33847231288     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2007)133:3(295)     Document Type: Article

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