Field performance of an independent full-height facing reinforced soil wall

Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 165-172

  Ma, Christina C ^a   Wu, Jonathan T H ^b  

^a AECOM   (United States)

^b The University of Colorado Denver   (United States)

Author keywords

Design; Earth reinforcement; Measurement; Retaining walls; Walls

Indexed keywords

COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (CDOT); EARTH REINFORCEMENT; FOX WALL; REBAR STRAIN METERS;

CONCRETES; MEASUREMENTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; REINFORCEMENT; SOILS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; STRUCTURAL PANELS; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMISTORS; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

RETAINING WALLS;

EID: 14244268166     PISSN: 08873828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0887-3828(2004)18:3(165)     Document Type: Conference Paper

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