Seismic lateral pressures for design of rigid walls

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 509-522

  Wu, Guoxi ^a,b   Liam Finn, W D ^a  

^a KLOHN CRIPPEN BERGER LTD   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Design lateral pressures; Rigid walls; Seismic lateral pressures

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; ELASTIC MODULI; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RETAINING WALLS; RIGIDITY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

LATERAL PRESSURES; WALL-SOIL SYSTEMS;

SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS;

EARTH PRESSURE; RETAINING WALL; SEISMIC RESPONSE;

EID: 0033495538     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t99-013     Document Type: Article

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