Effects of longitudinal variability of soil on a continuous spread footing

Engineering Geology

Volumn 122, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 179-190

  Denis, Alain ^a   Elachachi, Sidi Mohammed ^a   Niandou, Halidou ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Alluvial deposits; Clayey soil; Resistivity; Shrinkage; Soil structure interaction; Spatial variability

Indexed keywords

1D STRUCTURES; ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS; CLAYEY SOIL; CLAYEY SOILS; COEFFICIENT OF SUBGRADE REACTIONS; DIFFERENTIAL SETTLEMENTS; FINITE-ELEMENT REPRESENTATION; GEO-STATISTICS; LONGITUDINAL VARIATIONS; NATURAL SOILS; NATURAL VARIABILITY; PRESSUREMETER TESTS; RAPID VARIATION; SOIL VARIABILITIES; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SPREAD FOOTINGS; STUDY AREAS; SUBGRADE REACTIONS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOLOGIC MODELS; SHRINKAGE; SOILS;

SOIL TESTING;

CLAY SOIL; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FOOTING; FOUNDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRESSUREMETER; SHRINKAGE; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EID: 84860414870     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2011.05.015     Document Type: Article

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