Extended veletsos-younan model for geofoam compressible inclusions behind rigid, non-yielding earth-retaining structures

Geotechnical Special Publication

Volumn , Issue 181, 2008, Pages

  Horvath, John S ^a  

^a MANHATTAN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIBLE INCLUSION; EARTH-RETAINING STRUCTURES; GEOFOAM; GEOFOAMS; GEOSYNTHETIC; LATERAL EARTH PRESSURE; LOAD APPLICATION; LOAD CONDITION; MECHANICS MECHANISM; NOVEL SOLUTIONS;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; DYNAMICS; EARTHQUAKES; ELASTICITY; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; INCLUSIONS; MODEL STRUCTURES; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; SOILS;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 66449108983     PISSN: 08950563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40975(318)151     Document Type: Conference Paper

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