Numerical modeling of EPS geofoam used with swelling soil

Geotextiles and Geomembranes

Volumn 15, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 133-146

  Aytekin, Mustafa ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOAMED PLASTICS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RETAINING WALLS; SOILS;

COMPRESSIBLE INCLUSION; EXPANDED POLYSTYRENE; GEOFOAM; SWELLING SOIL;

POLYSTYRENES;

GEOFOAM; SWELLING SOIL;

EID: 0031062363     PISSN: 02661144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0266-1144(97)00010-1     Document Type: Article

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