Passive earth pressures in the presence of hydraulic gradients

Geotechnique

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 319-330

  Soubra, A H ^a   Kastner, R ^a   Benmansour, A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Earth pressure; Filters; Limit state design analysis; Pore pressures; Seepage; Sheet piles and cofferdams

Indexed keywords

COFFERDAMS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PILES; PORE PRESSURE; SEEPAGE; STRESS CONCENTRATION; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

EARTH PRESSURE; HYDRAULIC GRADIENTS; ROTATIONAL LOG SPIRAL MECHANISM; VARIATIONAL LIMIT EQUILIBRIUM METHOD;

SOIL MECHANICS;

COHESIONLESS SOIL; EARTH PRESSURE; EXCAVATION; GROUNDWATER CONTROL; PORE PRESSURE; SEEPAGE;

EID: 0032765860     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.1999.49.3.319     Document Type: Article

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