Plane strain numerical model for drystone retaining walls

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Geotechnical Engineering

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 97-103

  Walker, Peter ^a   McCombie, Paul ^a   Claxton, Mary ^b  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b The Morton Partnership Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brickwork masonry; Geotechnical engineering; Retaining walls

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STABILITY; STRAIN;

BRICKWORK & MASONRY; FILL MATERIAL PROPERTIES; POROUS WALL STRUCTURE;

RETAINING WALLS;

BACKFILL; MASONRY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANE STRAIN; RETAINING WALL; STIFFNESS;

EID: 34247397792     PISSN: 13532618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geng.2007.160.2.97     Document Type: Article

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