Influence of pile shape and pile interaction on the crushable behavior of granular materials around driven piles: DEM analyses

Granular Matter

Volumn 9, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 241-250

  Lobo Guerrero, Sebastian ^a   Vallejo, Luis E ^b  

^a American Geotechnical and Environmental Services Inc   (United States)

^b University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

Driven piles; Particle crushing; Penetration resistance; Pile interaction; Pile shape

Indexed keywords

PARTICLE CRUSHING; PILE INTERACTION; PILE SHAPE;

CRUSHING; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GRANULAR MATERIALS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS;

PILES;

EID: 34249084001     PISSN: 14345021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10035-007-0037-3     Document Type: Article

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