Overall stability of geosynthetic-reinforced embankments on soft soils

Geotextiles and Geomembranes

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 395-421

  Borges, José Leitao ^a   Cardoso, António Silva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Finite element analysis; Geosynthetic; Limit equilibrium; Overall stability; Reinforced embankment

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SOILS;

METHODOLOGIES;

EMBANKMENTS;

EMBANKMENT; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOSYNTHETICS; REINFORCED EARTH; SOFT SOIL; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; GEOSYNTHETICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036905631     PISSN: 02661144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-1144(02)00014-6     Document Type: Article

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