Performance in geotechnical practice

HKIE Transactions Hong Kong Institution of Engineers

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 2-15

  Morgenstern, Norbert R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Failures; Risk Management; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 75949092379     PISSN: 1023697X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1023697X.2000.10667819     Document Type: Article

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