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Closure to “Residual Shear Strength Mobilized in First-Time Slope Failures” by G. Mesri and M. Shahien

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G. Mesri, M.ASCE
Ralph B. Peck Professor of Civil Engineering, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801.
M. Shahien, A.M.ASCE
Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, Tanta Univ., Tanta, Egypt.

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