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Record 1 1982-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foundation Engineering
OBS

The passive resistance of the soil behind the bulkhead at its lowest tip is replaced by a concentrated force at a distance above that tip equal to 0.2D'. The elastic line of the bulkhead is assumed to be tangent to the vertical at the point t.

OBS

Earth-retaining structures.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Technique des fondations
OBS

(...) la butée des terres derrière le rideau, à son extrémité inférieure, est remplacée par une force concentrée, à une distance au-dessus de cette extrémité égale à 0, 2D'; la ligne élastique du rideau est supposée tangente à la verticale au point t.

OBS

Ouvrages de soutènement.

Spanish

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