Full-scale field trials to assess dry-stone retaining wall stability

Engineering Structures

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1215-1222

  Colas, Anne Sophie ^a   Morel, Jean Claude ^a   Garnier, Denis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

Author keywords

Dry stone masonry; Failure; Full scale field trials; Retaining wall

Indexed keywords

CIVIL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SYSTEM RECOVERY; STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS);

EXPERIMENTAL CAMPAIGN; FULL SCALE TESTS; FULL-SCALE FIELD TRIALS; SCIENTIFIC STUDIES; STONE MASONRY; YIELD DESIGNS;

RETAINING WALLS;

BACKFILL; DESIGN METHOD; GRAVEL; RETAINING WALL; STABILITY ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 77950340839     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2009.12.047     Document Type: Article

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