Pipeline geotechnics - State-of-the-art

Frontiers in Offshore Geotechnics, ISFOG 2005 - Proceedings of the 1st International Symposium on Frontiers in Offshore Geotechnics

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 95-114

  Cathie, D N ^a   Jaeck, C ^a   Ballard, J C ^b   Wintgens, J F ^b  

^a Cathie Associates SA   (Belgium)

^b Fugro Geoteam Limited   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOTECHNICS; LATERAL RESPONSE; LATERAL STABILITY; SOIL-PIPELINE INTERACTION;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; TRENCHING;

PIPELINES;

EID: 84857480089     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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