A theoretical model for the pull-out response of geosynthetic reinforcement

Geosynthetics International

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 399-424

  Madhav, M R ^a,b   Gurung, N ^a   Iwao, Y ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GEOMEMBRANES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; REINFORCEMENT; SHEAR STRESS; SOIL TESTING; STIFFNESS;

GEOSYNTHETIC REINFORCEMENT; PULL-OUT TEST;

GEOTEXTILES;

GEOSYNTHETICS; PULLOUT TEST; SOIL REINFORCEMENT;

GEOTEXTILE; PULL-OUT; TESTING; THEORETICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032439739     PISSN: 10726349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/gein.5.0128     Document Type: Article

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