The significance of rate effects in modelling the Sackville test embankment

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 500-516

  Rowe, R Kerry ^a   Hinchberger, Sean D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Trow Associates Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analysis; Embankment; Field case, viscoplasticity; Geosynthetic; Reinforcement; Soft soil

Indexed keywords

CLAY; DEFORMATION; ELASTOPLASTICITY; GEOTEXTILES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PORE PRESSURE; REINFORCEMENT; SILT; SOIL MECHANICS; VISCOPLASTICITY;

GEOTEXTILE REINFORCED EMBANKMENTS;

EMBANKMENTS;

EMBANKMENT; FAILURE ANALYSIS; GEOSYNTHETICS; REINFORCED EARTH;

EID: 0032105261     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t98-021     Document Type: Article

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