Comparison off the measured and computed performance of a propped bored pile retaining wall at Walthamstow

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Geotechnical Engineering

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 127-133

  Watson, Geoff ^a   Carder, Derek ^a  

^a TRANSPORT RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACK ANALYSIS; BORED PILES; PILES; PROPS; RETAINING WALLS;

UK, ENGLAND, LONDON; UK, LONDON, WALTHAMSTOW;

CONSTRUCTION; DATA REDUCTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PILES; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SOIL MECHANICS; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

GROUND MOVEMENTS; MOHR-COULOMB MODEL; PORE WATER PRESSURE; PROPPED BORED PILE RETAINING WALL; TOTAL LATERAL STRESSES;

RETAINING WALLS;

EID: 0028167140     PISSN: 13532618     EISSN: 17518563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/igeng.1994.26465     Document Type: Article

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