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Research Articles

Controlled Low-Strength Materials (CLSM) as backfill: experimental investigation on CLSM properties and numerical evaluation of stresses and strains using PLAXIS 2D

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Pages 577-592 | Received 21 Jan 2022, Accepted 31 Aug 2022, Published online: 09 Sep 2022

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