Laboratory seismic tests on geotextile wrap-faced and geotextile-reinforced segmental retaining walls

Geosynthetics International

Volumn 5, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 55-71

  Ramakrishnan, S ^a   Budhu, M ^a   Britto, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; CALCULATIONS; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; GEOTEXTILES; MECHANICAL TESTING; MONITORING; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

GEOSYNTHETIC; LATERAL WALL MOVEMENT; SHAKING TABLE TEST; SLIDING BLOCK ANALYSIS;

RETAINING WALLS;

GEOSYNTHETIC; RETAINING WALL; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SHAKING TABLE TEST;

GEOTEXTILES, WALL-REINFORCEMENT; TESTING, GEOTEXTILE;

EID: 0031751216     PISSN: 10726349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/gein.5.0114     Document Type: Article

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