Modeling of Pile Footings and Drilled Shafts for Seismic

by

I. PoLam, M. Kapuskar and D. ChaudhuriEarth Mechanics, Inc.

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This research was conducted at Earth Mechanics, Inc. and was supported by theFederal Highway Administration under contract number DTFH61-92-C-00112.

Technical Report MCEER-98-0018

December 21, 1998

Modeling of Pile Footings andDrilled Shafts for Seismic Design

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