A case history on underpinning for a distressed building on hard residual soil underneath non-uniform loose sand

Soils and Foundations

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 267-285

  Horpibulsuk, Suksun ^a   Kumpala, Apichit ^b   Katkan, Wanchai ^a  

^a SURANAREE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^b RAJAMANGALA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY ISAN   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Differential settlement; Inverse distortion angle; Micro pile; Underpinning (IGC: a8 e2 e12 h1 k14)

Indexed keywords

SCHOOL BUILDINGS; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; UNDERPINNINGS;

DIFFERENTIAL SETTLEMENT; INVERSE DISTORTION ANGLE; LOAD-SETTLEMENT CURVES; MICRO PILES; MODIFIED CAM-CLAY MODEL; PENETRATION NUMBERS; SOIL ENGINEERING PROPERTIES; UNDRAINED SHEAR STRENGTH;

PILES;

EID: 70849095001     PISSN: 00380806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3208/sandf.48.267     Document Type: Article

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