Retaining structures: Displacement and design

Geotechnique

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1992, Pages 541-576

  Simpson, B ^a  

^a ARUP   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

clays; finite element methods; numerical modelling; retaining walls; soil structure interaction

Indexed keywords

CLAY; DESIGN; DISPLACEMENT; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODELLING; RETAINING STRUCTURE; RETAINING WALL; SOIL/STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

EID: 0027101168     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: 17517656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.1992.42.4.541     Document Type: Article

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