Comparative study on the behavior of encased stone column and conventional stone column

Soils and Foundations

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 873-885

  Malarvizhi, ^a   Ilamparuthi, ^b  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Ditto ^*

Author keywords

Coupled FE analysis; E2 e13 e14 k3 k14 m9); Geogrid encasement

Indexed keywords

BEARING CAPACITY; GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIALS;

ANGLE OF INTERNAL FRICTION; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; E2/E13/E14/K3/K14/M9); FE ANALYSIS; GEOGRIDS; LATERAL RESTRAINT; MATERIAL BEHAVIOUR; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE;

PILES;

EID: 65349185701     PISSN: 00380806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3208/sandf.47.873     Document Type: Article

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