Finite element analyses of an in situ wall propped at formation level

Geotechnique

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1991, Pages 499-514

  Powrie, W ^a   Li, E S F ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

clays; diaphragm and in situ walls; numerical modelling and analysis; retaining walls; soil structure interaction

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES - FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

FORMATION LEVEL PROPS; IN SITU WALL; PREEXCAVATION EARTH PRESSURE COEFFICIENT; RETAINING WALL;

SOIL MECHANICS;

CLAY; FORMATION LEVEL PROP; RETAINING WALL; SOIL/STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

EID: 0026359419     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: 17517656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.1991.41.4.499     Document Type: Article

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