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Modeling of Pile Footings and

Drilled Shafts for Seismic Design

by

I. PoLam, M. Kapuskar and D. Chaudhuri

Earth Mechanics, Inc.
17660 Newhope Street, Suite E
Fountain Valley, California 92708

Technical Report MCEER-98-0018

December 21, 1998

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