Bearing capacity failure of a trapezoidal, geosynthetic-reinforced soil wall

Geosynthetics International

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 383-416

  Lo, S C R ^a   Bosler, J ^b   Gopalan, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b SMEC   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bearing capacity; Geosynthetics; Reinforced soil

Indexed keywords

BEARING CAPACITY; GEOSYNTHETICS; REINFORCED EARTH; RETAINING WALL; SOIL REINFORCEMENT;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; GEOSYNTHETICS;

EID: 0033360832     PISSN: 10726349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/gein.6.0158     Document Type: Article

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