Pull-out capacity of bucket foundations in soft clay

Offshore Site Investigation and Foundation Behaviour "New Frontiers" - Proceedings of an International Conference, OSIFB 1998

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages 301-324

  Zdravkovic, L ^a   Potts, D M ^a   Jardine, R J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION;

BUCKET FOUNDATION; INCLINED LOADING; INTERACTION DIAGRAM; PULL OUT; SOFT CLAYS; THREE DIMENSIONAL FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS; VERTICAL FORCE;

FOUNDATIONS;

EID: 85016982667     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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