Centrifuge modelling of embedded retaining walls with stabilising bases

Geotechnique

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 485-497

  Powrie, W ^a   Daly, M P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Clarke Nicholls and Marcel   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basements; Centrifuge modelling; Diaphragm and in situ walls; Earth pressure; Limit equilibrium methods; Retaining walls

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAPHRAGMS; EXCAVATION; SOILS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

BASEMENTS; CENTRIFUGE MODEL TESTS; DIAPHRAGM AND IN SITU WALLS; EARTH PRESSURE; LIMIT EQUILIBRIUM METHODS; RIGID PLATFORM;

RETAINING WALLS;

BASEMENT (BUILDING); CENTRIFUGAL MODEL TEST; EXCAVATION; RETAINING WALL; STABILIZATION; STRESS ANALYSIS;

EID: 34548279379     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: 00168505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2007.57.6.485     Document Type: Article

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