Soft ground improvement by vertical rigid piles two-dimensional physical modelling and comparison with current design methods

Soils and Foundations

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 15-30

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

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Arching effect; Design method; Physical modelling; Piled embankment; Soil improvement

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; OFFICE BUILDINGS; PILES; RIGID STRUCTURES; SOILS;

ARCHING EFFECTS; DESIGN METHOD; PHYSICAL MODELLING; PILED EMBANKMENTS; SOIL IMPROVEMENT;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 36248952959     PISSN: 00380806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3208/sandf.45.15     Document Type: Article

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