Bearing capacity of strip footings supported on geocell-reinforced sand

Geotextiles and Geomembranes

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 235-256

  Dash, Sujit Kumar ^a   Krishnaswamy, N R ^a   Rajagopal, K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Bearing capacity; Geocell reinforcement; Model test; Reinforced sand; Strip footing

Indexed keywords

BEARING CAPACITY; REINFORCEMENT; SAND; TENSILE STRENGTH;

GEOCELL MATTRESSES; STRIP FOOTINGS;

GEOTEXTILES;

BEARING CAPACITY; FOOTING; GEOSYNTHETICS; REINFORCED EARTH; SAND;

EID: 0035340159     PISSN: 02661144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-1144(01)00006-1     Document Type: Article

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