Behaviour of laterally loaded piles in sloping ground: Comparison between 3d finite element and P-Y analyses

Proceedings of the 6th International Offshore Site Investigation and Geotechnics Conference: Confronting New Challenges and Sharing Knowledge, OSIG 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 541-546

  Georgiadis, K ^a   Georgiadis, M ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PILES;

3-D FINITE ELEMENTS; GROUND SURFACES; LATERALLY LOADED PILE; P-Y ANALYSIS; P-Y METHOD; SLOPE INCLINATION; SLOPING GROUND; SLOPING SAND;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 84877290934     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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