The effect of the bending rigidity of a wall on lateral pressure distribution

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1039-1055

  Huang, Ching Chuan ^a   Menq, Farn Yue ^a,b   Chou, Yue Chin ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Active condition; At rest condition; Bending rigidity; Lateral pressure; Model tests; Steel rod assembly

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; RETAINING WALLS; RIGIDITY; SHEAR STRESS;

BENDING RIGIDITY; STRESS-DEFORMATION CHARACTERISTICS;

SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS;

BENDING; EARTH PRESSURE; MODEL TEST; RETAINING WALL;

EID: 0033495631     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t99-070     Document Type: Article

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