AN UNUSUAL SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION PROBLEM ASSOCIATED WITH THE THAMES BARRIER PROJECT.

Keywords: QUEEN MARY COLLEGE, BARRIERS, STRUCTURES, PROBLEMS, PROJECTS, THAMES BARRIER, INTERACTION, EFFECT, PIERS, STRUCTURAL, UNITS, SAND, STUDIES, PARAMETERS, COMPRESSIBILITY, ANALYSIS, FINITE ELEMENTS, THREE DIMENSIONAL, SOILS, PROBLEMS, SETTLEMENT, DESIGN, PERFORMANCE, CHALK, THANET SAND, THANET, GOVERNING, STRATA, BEARING, MODELS, BOUNDARY ELEMENTS, STRUCTURES, PROJECTS, LONG TERM, MAIN, SILLS, LAYERS, PARAMETRIC, VALUE, BALLAST, STIFFNESS, STANDARD, MODELLING, THAMES, LONDON, UK