Seismic earth pressures: Fact or fiction

Geotechnical Special Publication

Volumn 384, Issue 208 GSP, 2010, Pages 656-673

  Lew, Marshall ^a   Sitar, Nicholas ^b   Atik, Linda Al ^b  

^a MACTEC Engineering and Consulting Inc   (United States)

^b Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN ISSUES; DESIGN PRACTICE; EARTH PRESSURE; ENGINEERING PRACTICES; INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE; SEISMIC EARTH PRESSURE; STATE OF PRACTICE;

BUILDING CODES; DESIGN; EARTHQUAKES; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; RETAINING WALLS;

SEISMIC DESIGN;

EID: 77958026928     PISSN: 08950563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/41128(384)66     Document Type: Conference Paper

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