Stiffness determination and deformation analysis for a trial excavation in Oxford Clay

Geotechnique

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 665-691

  Hird, C C ^a   Pierpoint, N D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b MOTT MACDONALD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clays; Excavation; Ground movements; Laboratory tests; Numerical modelling and analysis; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

CLAY; DEFORMATION; EXCAVATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL TESTING; STIFFNESS; STRAIN; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; STRESS ANALYSIS; TRANSDUCERS;

DISPLACEMENT; GROUND MOVEMENT; STRESS PATH TESTS;

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY;

CLAY; DEFORMATION; EXCAVATION; GROUND MOVEMENT; OXFORD; STIFFNESS; STRAIN;

EID: 0031211245     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.1997.47.3.665     Document Type: Article

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