Determination of vertical loading on underground structures based on an arching evolution concept

Geotechnical Special Publication

Volumn , Issue 90, 1999, Pages 495-506

  Iglesia, Geraldo R ^a   Einstein, Herbert H ^b   Whitman, Robert V ^b  

^a Massachusetts Inst of Technology ^*  (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; STRUCTURAL LOADS; TUNNELS;

ARCHING EVOLUTION; GROUND REACTION CURVE; GROUND RESPONSE CURVE; VERTICAL LOADING;

UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES;

EID: 0032643985     PISSN: 08950563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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