Long-term variations of force and strain in a steep geogrid -reinforced soil slope

Geosynthetics International

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 81-96

  Fannin, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Creep; Field observation; Geogrid; Reinforced soil

Indexed keywords

CREEP; FORCE MEASUREMENT; SOIL MECHANICS; STRAIN RATE;

STEEP GEOGRID-REINFORCED SOIL SLOPES;

SLOPE STABILITY;

GEOSYNTHETICS; REINFORCED EARTH; SLOPE STABILIZATION; STRESS MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0035026340     PISSN: 10726349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/gein.8.0187     Document Type: Article

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