A Simplified Method for Pore Pressure Buildup Prediction: From Laboratory Cyclic Tests to the 1D Soil Response Analysis in Effective Stress Conditions

Procedia Engineering 158 ( 2016 ) 302 – 307

1877-7058 © 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

Peer-review under the responsibility of the organizing and scientific committees of CNRIG2016 doi: 10.1016/j.proeng.2016.08.446

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