Evaluation and prediction of 17th Street Canal I-wall stability using numerical limit analyses

Numerical limit analyses have been used to evaluate the stability of the 17th Street Canal I-wall levee during Hurricane Katrina. The potential formation of a water-filled gap along the canal-side soil-wall interface at failure is included in both the lower and upper bound formulations. The analyses...

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Main Authors: Yuan, Yixing (Contributor), Whittle, Andrew (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011-11-14T22:06:40Z.
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