New method for prediction of loads in steel reinforced soil walls

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1109-1120

  Allen, T M ^a   Bathurst, Richard J ^b   Holtz, Robert D ^c   Lee, Wei F ^d   Walters, D ^e  

^a WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION   (United States)

^b ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d Taiwan Construction Research Institute   (Taiwan)

^e QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; REINFORCEMENT; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOILS; STEEL; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

GLOBAL WALL STIFFNESS; REINFORCEMENT LOADS; SOIL STRENGTH; STEEL REINFORCED SOIL WALLS;

WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

GEOSYNTHETICS; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; LOADING; REINFORCEMENT; RETAINING WALL;

EID: 10244232914     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2004)130:11(1109)     Document Type: Article

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