Analysis and Design of Stiffened Slab Foundations on Reactive Soils using 3D Numerical Modelling

Sophisticated three dimensional (3D) hydro-mechanical finite element (FE) models are developed to address the major shortcomings of the current design methods of stiffened slab foundations on reactive soils. The models simulate the complex shrink-swell responses of unsaturated soils, by incorporatin...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shams, Mohamed A.
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2019
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/75670