Assessment of direct cone penetration test methods for predicting the ultimate capacity of friction driven piles

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 935-944

  Abu Farsakh, Murad Y ^a   Titi, Hani H ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Milwaukee   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONES; ESTIMATION; FRICTION; MATERIALS TESTING; PROBABILITY; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

CONE PENETRATION TEST (CPT) METHODS; FRICTION PILES; LOAD CAPACITY;

PILES;

BEARING CAPACITY; CONE PENETRATION TEST; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; PILE;

EID: 4444331332     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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