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Earth Dams

Earth Dams is a type of embankment dam constructed primarily from compacted natural soils and often incorporating geosynthetic materials for reinforcement, distinguished by its reliance on engineered earthfill to resist water impoundment forces.

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401

Stress State Variables for Unsaturated Soils

D. G. Fredlund, Norbert R. Morgenstern · Journal of the Geotechnical Engineering Division · 1977 · 849 citations

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Key Parameters for Strength Control of Artificially Cemented Soils

Nilo César Consoli, Diego Foppa, Lucas Festugato et al. · Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering · 2007 · 581 citations

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Stability Coefficients for Earth Slopes

A. W. Bishop, Norbert R. Morgenstern · Géotechnique · 1960 · 465 citations

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Considerations in the earthquake-resistant design of earth and rockfill dams

H. Bolton Seed · Géotechnique · 1979 · 437 citations

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Critical appraisal of piping phenomena in earth dams

Kevin S. Richards, Krishna R. Reddy · Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment · 2007 · 387 citations

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Authors

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  1. AM
    Ahmed M. Abdel‐Ghaffar

    Princeton University, United States

    11 publications · 247 citations

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  2. GG
    George Gazetas

    National Technical University of Athens, Greece

    9 publications · 413 citations

    9

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  3. SS
    Stefania Sica

    University of Sannio, Italy

    8 publications · 226 citations

    8

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  4. LP
    Luca Pagano

    University of Naples Federico II, Italy

    8 publications · 229 citations

    8

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  5. HB
    H. Bolton Seed

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    7 publications · 328 citations

    7

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Institutions

395

  1. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

    Troy, United States

    10 h-index

    16 publications

    534 citations

  2. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    9 h-index

    14 publications

    903 citations

  3. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    9 h-index

    16 publications

    361 citations

  4. Zhengzhou University

    Zhengzhou, China

    8 h-index

    27 publications

    698 citations

  5. Imperial College London

    London, United Kingdom

    7 h-index

    15 publications

    719 citations

  6. Dalian University of Technology

    Dalian, China

    7 h-index

    17 publications

    406 citations

  7. Amirkabir University of Technology

    Tehran, Iran

    6 h-index

    11 publications

    265 citations

  8. Hohai University

    Nanjing, China

    6 h-index

    20 publications

    784 citations

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  2. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

    16 publications · 728 citations

    15

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  3. Computers and Geotechnics

    15 publications · 711 citations

    14

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  4. Journal of the Geotechnical Engineering Division

    13 publications · 1.2K citations

    13

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  5. Canadian Geotechnical Journal

    16 publications · 807 citations

    13

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