Bulkhead design using recycled materials as backfill

Ports 2007: 30 Years of Sharing Ideas 1977-2007; Proceedings of the Eleventh Triennial International Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 90-

  Grubb, Dennis G ^a   Liu, Wanxing ^a   Cadden, Allen W ^a   Humphrey, Dana N ^b  

^a Schnabel Engineering Inc   (United States)

^b The University of Maine

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DREDGES; ENCAPSULATION; RETAINING WALLS; SAND; SOILS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

BULKHEAD DESIGN; GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTIES; MARITIME CONSTRUCTION;

BULKHEADS (RETAINING WALLS);

EID: 34548550826     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40834(238)90     Document Type: Conference Paper

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