Seismic design of retaining walls

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Geotechnical Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 12-22

  Steedman, R S ^a  

^a GIBB Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foundations; Geotechnical engineering; Seismic engineering

Indexed keywords

CAISSONS; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; FOUNDATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

RETAINING WALLS;

DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; RETAINING WALL; SEISMIC RESPONSE;

EID: 0031976602     PISSN: 13532618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/igeng.1998.30002     Document Type: Article

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