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soil arching: a standalone construct

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Geotechnical engineering

transfer of stress from a yielding part of a soil mass to adjacent stiffer parts, as above tunnels, trapdoors or piles.

In geotechnical engineering, soil arching refers to transfer of stress from a yielding part of a soil mass to adjacent stiffer parts, as above tunnels, trapdoors or piles. This meaning comes from Handy (1985) in Journal of Geotechnical Engineering.[1]

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References

Handy, R. L. (1985). The Arch in Soil Arching. Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, 111(3), 302-318. https://doi.org/10.1061/(asce)0733-9410(1985)111:3(302)

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