The design of geosynthetic reinforced foundations

Geotechnical Special Publication

Volumn , Issue 76, 1998, Pages 1-18

  Wayne, Mark H ^a   Han, Jie ^a   Akins, Ken ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOUNDATIONS; REINFORCEMENT; SOIL MECHANICS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

GEOSYNTHETIC REINFORCED FOUNDATIONS (GRF);

GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0032319827     PISSN: 08950563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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