An assessment of design methods for piled embankments

Ground Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 39-44

  Russell, Darren ^a   Pierpoint, Nick ^a  

^a MOTT MACDONALD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMBANKMENT; FOUNDATION; PILE DESIGN; PILED EMBANKMENT;

EID: 0031471259     PISSN: 00174653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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