Effect of corners in strutted excavations: Field monitoring and case histories

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 339-349

  Lee, Fook Hou ^a   Yong, Kwet Yew ^a   Quan, Kevin C N ^b   Chee, Kum Thong ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b CPG Consultants Pte Ltd   (Singapore)

^c OBAYASHI CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY; DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SETTLEMENT OF STRUCTURES; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; STIFFNESS; STRUTS;

STRUTTED EXCAVATIONS; WALL DEFLECTIONS;

EXCAVATION;

CORNER EFFECT; EXCAVATION; GROUND MOVEMENT; MONITORING; WALL DEFLECTION;

EID: 0032052039     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(1998)124:4(339)     Document Type: Article

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