Soil-geosynthetic interface strength and stiffness relationships from pullout tests

Geosynthetics International

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 321-346

  Perkins, S W ^a   Cuelho, E V ^a  

^a Idaho National Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Geogrid; Geotextile; Interaction; Interface; Numerical modeling; Pullout test; Shear displacement; Shear stress; Soil; Stiffness; Strength

Indexed keywords

GEOSYNTHETICS; INTERFACE; PULLOUT TEST; SOIL;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; GEOSYNTHETICS; TESTING;

EID: 0033360830     PISSN: 10726349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/gein.6.0156     Document Type: Article

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