Combined allowable strength reduction factor for geosynthetic creep and installation damage

Geosynthetics International

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 407-439

  Allen, T M ^a   Bathurst, R J ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION   (United States)

^b ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Creep; Geosynthetic; Installation damage; Modulus; Strain

Indexed keywords

CREEP; CREEP TESTING; DEFECTS; DESIGN; ELASTIC MODULI; INSTALLATION; STRAIN; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

ALLOWABLE STRENGTH REDUCTION FACTOR; GEOSYNTHETIC CREEP; INDEX TESTS; INSTALLATION DAMAGE;

GEOTEXTILES;

CREEP; GEOSYNTHETIC; INSTALLATION DAMAGE;

TESTING, INSTALLATION-DAMAGE; TESTING, STRENGTH;

EID: 0030453257     PISSN: 10726349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/gein.3.0069     Document Type: Article

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