Reliability of traditional retaining wall design

Geotechnique

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-62

  Fenton, G A ^a   Griffiths, D V ^b   Williams, M B ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Earth pressure; Retaining walls; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RELIABILITY; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS;

EARTH PRESSURE; RANDOM FIELD SIMULATION; RETAINING WALL DESIGN; SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

RETAINING WALLS;

DESIGN; EARTH PRESSURE; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; RETAINING WALL;

EID: 14044267374     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2005.55.1.55     Document Type: Article

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