Representativeness of measurements in the interpretation of earth dam behaviour

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 87-99

  Pagano, Luca ^a   Sica, Stefania ^a   Desideri, Augusto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Earth dam; Monitoring; Pore water pressure

Indexed keywords

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MONITORING; NUMERICAL METHODS; PORE PRESSURE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT;

MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; PORE WATER PRESSURE;

EMBANKMENT DAMS;

EMBANKMENT DAMS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MONITORING; NUMERICAL METHODS; PORE PRESSURE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT;

EARTH DAM; PORE PRESSURE;

EID: 33644931884     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t05-093     Document Type: Article

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