Pore water pressure and horizontal stress changes measured during construction of a contiguous bored pile multi-propped retaining wall in Lower Cretaceous clays

Geotechnique

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 197-205

  Richards, D J ^a   Powrie, W ^a   Roscoe, H ^b,c   Clark, J ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b ATKINS   (United Kingdom)

^c Skanska   (Sweden)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Case history; Clays; Field instrumentation; Retaining walls

Indexed keywords

CLAY; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; GROUNDWATER; PRESSURE EFFECTS; RETAINING WALLS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

CASE HISTORY; FIELD INSTRUMENTATION; HORIZONTAL STRESS;

WATER;

CLAY; CONSTRUCTION; CRETACEOUS; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; GROUNDWATER CONTROL; IN SITU STRESS; INSTRUMENTATION; PILE; PORE PRESSURE; POREWATER; RETAINING WALL; STRESS CHANGE; STRESS MEASUREMENT;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; ISLE OF WIGHT; LITTLE ATHERFIELD; UNITED KINGDOM; WEALD; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33947156223     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: 00168505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2007.57.2.197     Document Type: Article

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