Deep trench, landslide and effects on the foundations of a residential building: A case study

Engineering Structures

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1821-1829

  Brencich, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cohesion; Excavation; Foundations; Landslide

Indexed keywords

ADJACENT BUILDINGS; BASIC CONCEPTS; CLAY SLOPES; COHESION; DEEP TRENCH; ENGINEERING PRACTICES; FOUNDATION SYSTEMS; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; SOIL COHESION;

ADHESION; EXCAVATION; FOUNDATIONS; LANDSLIDES;

SLOPE PROTECTION;

BUILDING; EXCAVATION; FAILURE MECHANISM; FOUNDATION; LANDSLIDE; RETAINING WALL; SLOPE STABILIZATION; SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

EID: 77953027957     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2010.02.019     Document Type: Article

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