Case study of courtyard house damaged by expansive soils

Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 169-175

  Li, Jie ^a   Cameron, Donald A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Buildings, residential; Case reports; Expansive soils

Indexed keywords

CLAY; CONCRETE SLABS; CRACK INITIATION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PONDING; SHEAR DEFORMATION; SHRINKAGE; WATER;

CASE REPORTS; COURTYARD HOUSES; EXPANSIVE SOILS; RAFT SLAB FOOTINGS; RESIDENTIAL HOUSES;

HOUSES;

EID: 4544308328     PISSN: 08873828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0887-3828(2002)16:4(169)     Document Type: Article

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