Earth pressures on an integral bridge abutment: A numerical case study

Soils and Foundations

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 23-38

  Wood, David Muir ^a   Nash, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abutment; Bridge; Design; Lateral pressure; Numerical analysis; Passive earth pressure; Shear modulus (IGC: E12 E2 D6)

Indexed keywords

EID: 23644442599     PISSN: 00380806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3208/sandf.40.6_23     Document Type: Article

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