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Closure to “Predicted Loads in Steel Reinforced Soil Walls Using the AASHTO Simplified Method” by Richard J. Bathurst, Axel Nernheim, and Tony M. Allen

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Received: May 18, 2011
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Richard J. Bathurst, Ph.D. [email protected]
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Professor, GeoEngineering Centre at Queen’s-RMC, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Ontario, K7K 7B4, Canada (corresponding author). E-mail: [email protected]
Axel Nernheim, Ph.D. [email protected]
Engineer, Bilfinger Berger, Ingenieurbau GmbH Structural Design Geotechnics/Technisches Büro Geotechnik, Gustav-Nachtigal-Straße 3, 65189 Wiesbaden, Germany. E-mail: [email protected]
Tony M. Allen, M.ASCE [email protected]
P.E.
State Geotechnical Engineer, Washington State Dept. of Transportation, State Materials Laboratory, Olympia, WA 98504-7365. E-mail: [email protected]

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