Arching in piled embankments; experiments and design calculations

BGA International Conference on Foundations, Innovations, Observations, Design and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 885-894

  Van Eekelen, S J M ^a   Bezuijen, A ^a   Oung, O ^a  

^a GeoDelft ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOAMS; REINFORCEMENT; RUBBER; SOILS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

ARCHING; PILED EMBANKMENTS; PLASTIC BLOCKS; RUBBER BAGS;

EMBANKMENTS;

EID: 3042802509     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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