Geotechnical analysis of a retaining wall in weak rock

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Geotechnical Engineering

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-26

  Richards, D J ^a   Clayton, C R I ^a   Powrie, W ^a   Hayward, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Stent Foundations Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Retaining walls; Rock mechanics

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOPHYSICS; RETAINING WALLS; SANDSTONE; STIFFNESS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

GEOPHYSICAL TECHNIQUES; MUDSTONES;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; RETAINING WALL; STIFFNESS; STRESS ANALYSIS; WEAK ROCK;

EID: 1642304749     PISSN: 13532618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geng.2004.157.1.13     Document Type: Article

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