Forensic analysis of a pile foundation failure

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 486-497

  Lopez Gayarre F ^a   Gonzalez Nicieza C ^a   Alvarez Fernandez M I ^a   Alvarez Vigil A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Differential subsidence; Forensic analysis; Groundwater table; Wooden piles

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL SUBSIDENCE; FORENSIC ANALYSIS; GROUND WATER TABLE; LAND SUBSIDENCE; NEGATIVE FRICTION; PUBLIC STREETS; SUBSEQUENT REDUCTION; WOODEN PILE;

BUILDINGS; DEBRIS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; PILE FOUNDATIONS; PILES; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SUBSIDENCE; CONSTRUCTION; WOODEN CONSTRUCTION;

WOODEN CONSTRUCTION; PILES;

EID: 72949117658     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2009.09.008     Document Type: Article

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