Behaviour of sand confined with single and multiple geocells

Geotextiles and Geomembranes

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 171-184

  Rajagopal, K ^a   Krishnaswamy, N R ^a   Latha, G Madhavi ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Apparent cohesion; Geocell reinforcement; Geosynthetics; Junction peel strength; Triaxial compression tests

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION TESTING; GEOTEXTILES; STIFFNESS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

COHESIVE STRENGTH; GEOCELLS; PEEL STRENGTH;

SAND;

FOUNDATION; GEOSYNTHETICS; SAND; SOFT SOIL; SOIL REINFORCEMENT; TRIAXIAL TEST;

EID: 0033153119     PISSN: 02661144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-1144(98)00034-X     Document Type: Article

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