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Upper Bound Solution for the Bearing Capacity of Submerged Jointed Rock Foundations

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  1. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, 424 Hafez Ave., Tehran, Iran

    Meysam Imani & Ahmad Fahimifar

  2. Department of Mining and Metallurgy Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

    Mostafa Sharifzadeh

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Imani, M., Fahimifar, A. & Sharifzadeh, M. Upper Bound Solution for the Bearing Capacity of Submerged Jointed Rock Foundations. Rock Mech Rock Eng 45, 639–646 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00603-011-0215-9

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