Lateral earth pressures behind rotating walls

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 498-509

  Chang, Ming Fang ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Earth pressure; Retaining walls; Sand; Shearing resistance; Wall displacement; Wall friction

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; FRICTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE; ROTATION; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOILS;

COULOMB METHOD; EARTH PRESSURE; ROTATING WALL; RUPTURE; SHEARING RESISTANCE; WALL DISPLACEMENT;

RETAINING WALLS;

DISPLACEMENT; EARTH PRESSURE; RETAINING WALL; SHEAR;

EID: 0031201016     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t97-016     Document Type: Article

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