Importance of lower-bound capacities in the design of deep foundations

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 135, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 890-900

  Najjar, Shadi S ^a   Gilbert, Robert B ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep foundations; Foundation design; Load and resistance factor design; Reliability

Indexed keywords

BRIDGE DECKS; CONTROL THEORY; FOUNDATIONS; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

DEEP FOUNDATIONS; FOUNDATION DESIGN; GEOTECHNICAL DESIGNS; LOAD AND RESISTANCE FACTOR DESIGN; LOAD AND RESISTANCE FACTOR DESIGNS; LOWER BOUNDS; OFFSHORE FOUNDATION; PHYSICAL LIMITS; REAL-WORLD; RELIABILITY BASED DESIGN;

DESIGN;

DESIGN; FOUNDATION; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; LOADING; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 67649211909     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000044     Document Type: Article

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