Design dilemma: Use peak or residual strength of soil

Geotextiles and Geomembranes

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 111-125

  Leshchinsky, Dov ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Limit equilibrium; Peak strength; Progressive failure; Residual strength; Slip surfaces; Slope stability

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; MECHANICAL STRESS; PROCESS DESIGN; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL STRUCTURE; SURFACE SOIL;

GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIALS; RESIDUAL STRESSES; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOIL TESTING; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

GEOSYNTHETIC REINFORCED SOIL; STRAIN SOFTENING;

SOIL MECHANICS;

DESIGN; GEOSYNTHETICS; REINFORCED EARTH; SOIL STRENGTH;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; GEOTEXTILE; STRENGTH;

EID: 0035277101     PISSN: 02661144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-1144(00)00007-8     Document Type: Article

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