Ground movement prediction for deep excavations in soft clay

Journal of Geotechnical Engineering

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 474-486

  Hashash, Youssef M A ^a,c   Whittle, Andrew J ^b,c  

^a PARSONS BRINCKERHOFF   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c ASCE ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY; DEFLECTION; DIAPHRAGM; EMBEDMENT DEPTH; GROUND MOVEMENT; STRESS HISTORY;

EID: 0030389772     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(asce)0733-9410(1996)122:6(474)     Document Type: Article

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