Laboratory determination of soil stiffness data for buried plastic pipes

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1624, 1998, Pages 231-236

  Faragher, E ^a   Rogers, C D F ^b   Fleming, P R ^b  

^a Gas Research and Technology Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; LOAD TESTING; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; STIFFNESS; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES;

FLEXIBLE PIPES; SOIL STIFFNESS;

PLASTIC PIPE;

EID: 0032156549     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1624-27     Document Type: Article

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