Experimental assessment of dry stone retaining wall stability on a rigid foundation

Engineering Structures

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2124-2132

  Villemus, B ^a   Morel, J C ^a   Boutin, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Dry stone masonry retaining walls

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRICTION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MASONRY MATERIALS; MECHANICAL STABILITY; RETAINING WALLS; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

INTERFACE FRICTION; INTERNAL FAILURE; STRUCTURE STABILITY;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

BUILDINGS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRICTION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MASONRY MATERIALS; MECHANICAL STABILITY; RETAINING WALLS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FOUNDATION; FRICTION; MASONRY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RETAINING WALL; STABILITY ANALYSIS; TESTING METHOD;

EID: 34547508922     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2006.11.007     Document Type: Article

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