Structural fills: Design, construction and performance review

Geotechnical Special Publication

Volumn , Issue 68, 1997, Pages 233-254

  Noorany, Iraj ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CODES; HOUSES; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS;

STRUCTURAL FILLS;

SOIL TESTING;

EID: 0030649659     PISSN: 08950563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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