Performance of geosynthetic-reinforced soil structures at limit equilibrium state

Geosynthetics International

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 555-587

  Shiwakoti, D R ^a   Pradhan, T B S ^b   Leshchinsky, D ^c  

^a Ministry of Land Infrastructure and Transport   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Failure mechanisms; Geosynthetic reinforced wall slope; Limit equilibrium analysis; Limit equilibrium state; Parametric analysis

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PERFORMANCE; REINFORCEMENT; SLOPE STABILITY; SOILS;

SOIL STRUCTURES;

GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIALS;

FAILURE MECHANISM; GEOSYNTHETICS; LIMIT ANALYSIS; REINFORCED EARTH; SOIL REINFORCEMENT;

GEOSYNTHETICS; REINFORCEMENT; SOIL REINFORCEMENT;

EID: 0032420014     PISSN: 10726349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/gein.5.0136     Document Type: Article

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