Geomembrane response in the wide strip tension test

Geosynthetics International

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 517-536

  Merry, S M ^a   Bray, J D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

Failure; Geomembrane; Stress Strain; Uniaxial tension test; Volumetric strain; Wide strip tension test

Indexed keywords

FAILURE (MECHANICAL); STRAIN RATE; STRESS ANALYSIS; TENSILE TESTING;

GEOMEMBRANES; WIDE STRIP TENSION TEST;

GEOTEXTILES;

GEOMEMBRANE; GEOSYNTHETIC; TENSION TEST;

GEOMEMBRANES; TESTING, STRESS/STRAIN;

EID: 0030477307     PISSN: 10726349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/gein.3.0073     Document Type: Article

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