Plane strain compression behaviour of geogrid-reinforced sand and its numerical analysis

Soils and Foundations

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 55-74

  Peng, Fang L E ^a   Kotake, Nozomu ^b   Tatsuoka, Fumio ^a   Hirakawa, Daiki ^a   Tanaka, Tadatsugu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Toyo Construction Co   (Japan)

Author keywords

Covering ratio; Finite element method; Geogrid; Grid rigidity; Interface friction angle; Plane strain compression test; Reinforced sand (IGC: D6 E13)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003161485     PISSN: 00380806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3208/sandf.40.3_55     Document Type: Article

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