Passive pressure coefficients, critical failure surface and its kinematic admissibility

Geotechnique

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 185-192

  Kumar, Jyant ^a   Subba Rao, K S ^b  

^a Central Road Research Institute   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Earth pressure; Failure; Limit analysis; Ptasticity; Retaining walls; Sands

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; PLASTICITY; PRESSURE EFFECTS; RETAINING WALLS; SAND; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS;

CRITICAL FAILURE SURFACE; EARTH PRESSURE; KINEMATIC ADMISSIBILITY;

SOIL MECHANICS;

EARTH PRESSURE; FAILURE SURFACE; LIMIT ANALYSIS; PRESSURE; RETAINING WALL;

EID: 0031105505     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.1997.47.1.185     Document Type: Article

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