Behaviour of drystone retaining structures

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Structures and Buildings

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-12

  Mundell, Chris ^a   McCombie, Paul ^a   Heath, Andrew ^a   Harkness, John ^b   Walker, Peter ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brickwork and masonry; Geotechnical engineering; Retaining walls

Indexed keywords

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; RETAINING WALLS;

BRICKWORK AND MASONRY; DRYSTONE RETAINING WALLS; RAW BUILDING MATERIALS; RETAINING STRUCTURE; WALL CONSTRUCTION;

WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; MASONRY; RETAINING WALL; TESTING METHOD;

EID: 77957699602     PISSN: 09650911     EISSN: 17517702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/stbu.2009.163.1.3     Document Type: Article

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