Performance of geosynthetic reinforced slopes at failure

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 124, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 670-683

  Zornberg, Jorge G ^a,b   Sitar, Nicholas ^c   Mitchell, James K ^d  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

^b Univ of California ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; GEOTEXTILES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REINFORCEMENT; SAFETY FACTOR; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOIL TESTING; TENSILE STRENGTH;

BACKFILL PROPERTIES; GEOSYNTHETIC REINFORCED SLOPES; GEOTECHNICAL CENTRIFUGE; MODEL DEFORMATIONS; SCALING LAWS;

SLOPE STABILITY;

FAILURE ANALYSIS; GEOSYNTHETIC; REINFORCED SOIL; SLOPE STABILITY;

EID: 0032144147     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(1998)124:8(670)     Document Type: Article

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