Staged construction and settlement of a dam founded on soft clay

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 133, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1003-1016

  Sukru, Ozcoban ^a   Berilgen, Mehmet M ^a   Kilic, Havvanur ^a   Edil, Tuncer B ^b   Kutay Ozaydin, I ^a  

^a YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Clays; Dam construction; Dam foundations; Soft soils; Turkey

Indexed keywords

DAM CONSTRUCTION; DAM FOUNDATIONS;

COFFERDAMS; CONSOLIDATION; CONSTRUCTION; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; SEDIMENTS; SETTLEMENT OF STRUCTURES;

EMBANKMENT DAMS;

CONSOLIDATION; DAM CONSTRUCTION; EARTH DAM; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FOUNDATION; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; GROUND SETTLEMENT; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOFT CLAY; SOFT SOIL;

EURASIA; GOLDEN HORN; ISTANBUL [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; CLAY LINER; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HYDRAULICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SOIL BURIAL TEST;

EID: 34547121249     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2007)133:8(1003)     Document Type: Article

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