Investigations of soil retaining structures damaged during the chi-chi (Taiwan) earthquake

Journal of the Chinese Institute of Engineers, Transactions of the Chinese Institute of Engineers,Series A/Chung-kuo Kung Ch'eng Hsuch K'an

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 417-428

  Huang, Ching Chuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Failure; Geosynthetic reinforced wall; Soil retaining wall; Stability analysis

Indexed keywords

BORING; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; EMBANKMENTS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; RETAINING WALLS; SLOPE STABILITY; SOIL TESTING; SURVEYING;

GEOSYNTHETIC REINFORCED WALL; SEISMIC STABILITY; SOIL RETAINING STRUCTURES;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034225257     PISSN: 02533839     EISSN: 21587299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02533839.2000.9670562     Document Type: Article

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