Settlement of embankments on soft clays

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 278-288

  Olson, Roy E ^a,b  

^a ASCE   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY; CONSOLIDATION; EMBANKMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

SETTLEMENT OF STRUCTURES;

EMBANKMENT; SETTLEMENT; SOFT CLAY;

EID: 0032051671     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(1998)124:4(278)     Document Type: Article

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