A critical review of methods for pile design in seismically liquefiable soils

Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 407-446

  Bhattacharya, S ^a   Madabhushi, S P G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bending mechanism; Buckling instability; Codes of practice; Lateral spreading; Plastic hinge; Showa Bridge

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; CIVIL ENGINEERING; CODES (STANDARDS); CODES (SYMBOLS); EARTHQUAKES; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; FOUNDATIONS; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANISMS; PILE FOUNDATIONS; SAFETY ENGINEERING; SEISMOLOGY; SOILS;

(E ,2E) THEORY; ALTERNATIVE FORMS; BUCKLING INSTABILITIES; BUSINESS MEDIA; COLLAPSE (DRYING); CRITICAL REVIEW; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; FAILURE MECHANISMS; HIGHWAY CODE; INTERNATIONAL CODES; LATERAL LOADS; LATERAL SPREADING; LIQUEFIED GROUND; PILE DESIGN; PILE FOUNDATION DESIGN; POOR PERFORMANCE; SLENDER COLUMNS; SPRINGER (CO);

PILES;

BUCKLING; DAMAGE; DESIGN; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; FOUNDATION; PILE; PLASTIC;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 47949101876     PISSN: 1570761X     EISSN: 15731456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10518-008-9068-3     Document Type: Article

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