Wall installation effects - Preliminary findings from a field study at the CTRL, Ashford

Advances in Geotechnical Engineering: The Skempton Conference - Proceedings of a Three Day Conference on Advances in Geotechnical Engineering, organised by the Institution of Civil Engineers

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 691-699

  Clark, J ^a   Richards, D J ^a   Powrie, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BENDING MOMENTS; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; INSTALLATION; PORE PRESSURE; PROBLEM SOLVING; STRESS ANALYSIS;

HORIZONTAL STRESS; PRESSURE CELLS; WALL INSTALLATION;

RETAINING WALLS;

EID: 32544451970     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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