A performance test for assessment of long-term creep behavior of soil-geosynthetic composites

Geosynthetics International

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 107-124

  Wu, J T H ^a   Helwany, S M B ^b  

^a The University of Colorado Denver   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite; Creep; Geosynthetic; Geotextile; Long term performance test; Reinforcement; Soil geosynthetic interaction

Indexed keywords

CREEP TESTING; DEFORMATION; GEOTEXTILES; KAOLIN; PERFORMANCE; REINFORCEMENT; SAND; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS;

GEOSYNTHETIC REINFORCEMENT; SOIL GEOSYNTHETIC INTERACTION;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

CREEP; GEOTEXTILE; SOIL/GEOTEXTILE INTERACTION;

CREEP; TESTING, CREEP;

EID: 0030467315     PISSN: 10726349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/gein.3.0056     Document Type: Article

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