Settlement patterns of soft soil foundations under embankments

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 774-781

  Zhang, Limin ^a,b  

^a J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Consolidation; Embankment; Lateral deformation; Settlement; Soft soil

Indexed keywords

CONSOLIDATION; DEFORMATION; EMBANKMENT; GROUND SETTLEMENT; SOFT SOIL;

CONSOLIDATION; DEFORMATION; EMBANKMENTS; SETTLEMENT OF STRUCTURES; SHEAR STRESS; SOIL MECHANICS; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

LATERAL DEFORMATION;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0033237207     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t99-031     Document Type: Article

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