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MARS Use for Estimations of Lateral Wall Deflection Profiles

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This chapter presented MARS approach for estimating wall deflection profile caused by deep braced excavations, based on an expanded database including a total of 30 case histories for braced excavation in stiff, medium, and soft clays.

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Zhang, W. (2020). MARS Use for Estimations of Lateral Wall Deflection Profiles. In: MARS Applications in Geotechnical Engineering Systems. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7422-7_7

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