Experimental investigation of the interaction mechanism at the EPS geofoam-sand interface by direct shear testing

Geosynthetics International

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 471-499

  Xenaki, V C ^a   Athanasopoulos, G A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Direct shear test; Expanded polystyrene; Geofoam; Interface; Interface adhesion; Interface friction angle; Sand

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; EXPANSION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FOAMS; FRICTION; GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIALS; HARDNESS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POLYSTYRENES; SAND; SHEAR STRESS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EXPANDED POLYSTYRENE (EPS);

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

FOAM; GEOSYNTHETICS; INTERFACE; SAND; SHEAR TEST;

EID: 0035561424     PISSN: 10726349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/gein.8.0204     Document Type: Article

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