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

Keywords: 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, QUEEN MARY COLLEGE