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View ArticleDuring the construction of a building, a transfer of loads occurs from the columns which tend to settle more to
those that tend to settle less. This observable fact can be attributed to the mechanism called static soil-structure interaction
(SSI). In order to understand this mechanism, which is often not considered in designs, an...
A method based on the application of Kötter’s equation is proposed for the complete analysis of passive earth
pressure on a vertical wall retaining horizontal cohesionless backfill. The unique failure surface consisting of log spiral and
its tangent is identified on the basis of force equilibrium conditions. On...
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