TECHNICAL NOTES
Mar 1, 1989
Arch in Soil Arching
Publication: Journal of Geotechnical Engineering
Volume 115, Issue 3
Abstract
It is shown theoretically that the arch describing the minor principal stress in the soil behind a retaining wall can be approximated by a catenary which is very close to circular in the range of interest.
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Journal of Geotechnical Engineering
Volume 115 • Issue 3 • March 1989
Pages: 415 - 419
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Copyright © 1989 ASCE.
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Published online: Mar 1, 1989
Published in print: Mar 1989
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Kingsley Harrop‐Williams, Member, ASCE
Sr. Staff Member, The BDM Corp., McLean, VA 22102
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