Use of lime and cement treated soils as pile supported load transfer platform

Engineering Geology

Volumn 114, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 34-44

  Okyay, U S ^a,b   Dias, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b Entreprise PINTO   (France)

Author keywords

Earth platform; Lime cement; Numerical analysis; Pile; Strength; Treated soils

Indexed keywords

BASE LAYERS; CEMENT TREATED SOILS; EARTH PLATFORM; EARTH PLATFORMS; ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; LIME/CEMENT; LOAD TRANSFER MECHANISM; LOAD TRANSFER PLATFORMS; MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS; MECHANICAL RESISTANCE; OPTIMUM WATER CONTENT; PILE SPACING; SOIL TREATMENTS; TREATED SOILS; VERTICAL PILES;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PILES; SOIL TESTING; WATER CONTENT;

SOILS;

CEMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROUND SETTLEMENT; LIME; LOADING TEST; PILE; SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

EID: 77953620982     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2010.03.008     Document Type: Article

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