Tire-reinforced earthfill. Part 2: Pull-out behaviour and reinforced slope design Vince O'Shaughnessy and Vinod K. Garga

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 97-116

  O'Shaughnessy, V ^a,b   Garga, V K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b Inter Tech Engineering Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Design guidelines; Performance; Pull out tests; Reinforced slope; Scrap tires

Indexed keywords

PERFORMANCE; RECYCLING; REINFORCEMENT; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOILS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TIRES;

PULL OUT RESISTANCE; REINFORCED SLOPE; SCRAP TIRE;

LAND FILL;

FILL; PULLOUT TEST; RECYCLING; REINFORCED EARTH; SLOPE STABILIZATION; TIRE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 0034065547     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t99-085     Document Type: Article

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