Ground response during diaphragm wall installation in clay: Centrifuge model tests

Geotechnique

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 725-739

  Powrie, W ^a   Kantartzi, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Foundation Construction   (Greece)

Author keywords

Centrifuge modelling; Clays; Diaphragm and in situ walls; Retaining walls; Settlement; Trenches

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CLAY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; CONSTRUCTION; GROUNDWATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PORE PRESSURE; RETAINING WALLS; STRESS ANALYSIS; TRENCHING; WATER LEVELS;

CENTRIFUGE MODELLING; CONCRETING; DIAPHRAGM WALL INSTALLATION; GROUND RESPONSE; GROUNDWATER LEVEL; PORE WATER PRESSURE; TRENCH GEOMETRY;

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY;

CENTRIFUGAL MODEL TEST; CLAY; GROUND MOVEMENT; GROUNDWATER LEVEL; RETAINING WALL;

EID: 0030470797     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.1996.46.4.725     Document Type: Article

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