Response of a woven and a nonwoven geotextile to monotonic and cyclic simple tension

Geosynthetics International

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 493-515

  Ashmawy, A K ^a   Bourdeau, P L ^b  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analysis; Cyclic loading; Experimental; Geotextile; Polyester; Polypropylene; Stiffness; Strength; Tension

Indexed keywords

CREEP TESTING; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; POLYESTERS; POLYPROPYLENES; STIFFNESS; TENSILE TESTING;

CYCLIC LOADING; MONOTONIC TENSION; TIME DEPENDENT PROPERTIES;

GEOTEXTILES;

GEOSYNTHETIC; GEOTEXTILE; TENSION TEST;

POLYESTER GEOTEXTILES, WOVEN; POLYPROPYLENE GEOTEXTILES, NONWOVEN;

EID: 0030449899     PISSN: 10726349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/gein.3.0072     Document Type: Article

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