Seismic Analysis and Design of Retaining Walls, Buried Structures, Slopes, and Embankments

June 5, 2011 rockman Available Resources Comments Off on Seismic Analysis and Design of Retaining Walls, Buried Structures, Slopes, and Embankments

TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 611: Seismic Analysis and Design of Retaining Walls, Buried Structures, Slopes, and Embankments explores analytical and design methods for the seismic design of retaining walls, buried structures, slopes, and embankments. The Final Report is organized into two volumes. NCHRP Report 611 is Volume 1 of this study. Volume 2, which is only available online, presents the proposed specifications, commentaries, and example problems for the retaining walls, slopes and embankments, and buried structures. [Source: TRB and NCHRP]

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