Numerical modeling of piles in collapsible soil subjected to inundation

International Journal of Geomechanics

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 514-526

  Noor, Sarah Tahsin ^a   Adel Hanna, F ^b   Mashhour, Ibrahim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ASIA PACIFIC   (Bangladesh)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Collapsible soil; Drag load; Failure; Inundation; Negative skin friction; Numerical modeling; Pile foundation; Plaxis software; Unsaturated soils

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEM RECOVERY; FLOODS; FRICTION; NUMERICAL MODELS; PILE FOUNDATIONS; SKIN FRICTION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TESTING;

COLLAPSIBLE SOIL; DRAG LOAD; INUNDATION; NEGATIVE SKIN FRICTION; PLAXIS SOFTWARES; UNSATURATED SOIL;

PILES;

COLLAPSIBLE SOIL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAILURE MECHANISM; FOUNDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PILE; PLAXIS; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

EID: 84884292730     PISSN: 15323641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0000235     Document Type: Article

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