Soil Arching over Deeply Buried Thermoplastic Pipe

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1849, 2003, Pages 109-118

  Sargand, Shad M ^a   Masada, Teruhisa ^a  

^a US Institute of Navigation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; LOADS (FORCES); PLASTIC PIPE; PRESSURE EFFECTS; STRAIN GAGES; THERMOPLASTICS; UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES;

BURIED PIPES; SOIL ARCHING;

SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS;

EID: 1842715736     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1849-13     Document Type: Conference Paper

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