Stability of granite drystone masonry retaining walls: I. Analytical design

Geotechnique

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1013-1025

  Alejano, L R ^a   Veiga, M ^b   Taboada, J ^a   Diez Farto M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b Itasca Consultants AB   (Sweden)

^c S A de Obras y Servicios COPASA ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Design; Limit equilibrium methods; Retaining walls

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL DESIGN; ANALYTICAL METHOD; DESIGN AND ANALYSIS; DIFFERENT HEIGHTS; GALICIA; LIMIT EQUILIBRIUM METHODS; RIGID WALL; SPIDER DIAGRAMS;

GRANITE; MASONRY MATERIALS; RETAINING WALLS;

DESIGN;

BACK ANALYSIS; DESIGN; GRANITE; MASONRY; PARAMETERIZATION; RETAINING WALL; RIGIDITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

GALICIA [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

ARANEAE;

EID: 84871085025     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: 17517656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.10.P.112     Document Type: Article

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