A reconsideration of the safety of piled bridge foundations in liquefiable soils

Soils and Foundations

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 13-25

  Bhattacharya, S ^a   Bolton, M D ^b   Madabhushi, S P G ^b  

^a Fugro Geoteam Limited   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buckling; Case histories; Centrifuge tests; Earthquakes; Failure; Lateral spreading; Liquefaction; Piles; Showa Bridge

Indexed keywords

AXIAL LOADS; BRIDGES; BUCKLING; CENTRIFUGES; COMPUTER SYSTEM RECOVERY; EARTHQUAKES; LIQUEFACTION; PILE FOUNDATIONS; SOIL LIQUEFACTION; SOILS;

CASE HISTORY; CENTRIFUGE MODELLING; CENTRIFUGE TESTS; DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS; FOUNDATION PERFORMANCE; LATERAL SPREADING; SEISMIC LIQUEFACTION; SHOWA BRIDGE;

PILES;

EID: 34548524670     PISSN: 00380806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3208/sandf.45.4_13     Document Type: Article

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