Evaluation of active earth pressure by the generalized method of slices

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 591-599

  Chen, Z ^a   Li, S ^a  

^a CHINA INSTITUTE OF WATER RESOURCES AND HYDROPOWER RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Earth pressure; Limit equilibrium method; Retaining walls; The method of slices

Indexed keywords

OPTIMIZATION; PRESSURE EFFECTS; RETAINING WALLS; SLOPE STABILITY;

ACTIVE EARTH PRESSURE; LIMIT EQUILIBRIUM METHOD; METHOD OF SLICES;

SOIL MECHANICS;

EARTH PRESSURE; METHOD OF SLICES; SLOPE STABILITY;

EID: 0032147724     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t98-022     Document Type: Article

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