Simplified procedure for estimating ground settlement under embankments

Soft Soil Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 193-198

  Du, Jiancheng ^a   Zhang, Limin ^b  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SETTLEMENT OF STRUCTURES;

CENTRIFUGE MODEL TEST; COMPRESSIBLE SOIL; ENGINEERING MEASURES; GROUND SETTLEMENT; SETTLEMENT CALCULATION; SETTLEMENT PATTERNS; SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURE; VOLUME CHANGE;

EMBANKMENTS;

EID: 15544383823     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9780203739501     Document Type: Chapter

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