Undrained stability of braced excavations in clay

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 129, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 738-755

  Ukritchon, Boonchai ^a   Whittle, Andrew J ^b   Sloan, Scott W ^c  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Braced excavation; Clays; Finite element method; Stability

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BENDING (DEFORMATION); CLAY; EXCAVATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

BENDING FAILURES;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

EXCAVATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; REINFORCEMENT; SOFT CLAY; STABILITY ANALYSIS; UNDRAINED TEST; WALL;

EID: 0042785620     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2003)129:8(738)     Document Type: Article

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