Soil reinforcement loads in geosynthetic walls at working stress conditions

Geosynthetics International

Volumn 9, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 525-566

  Allen, T M ^a   Bathurst, R J ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION   (United States)

^b ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coefficient of variation; Creep; Geosynthetic; Load; Reinforcement; Stiffness; Strain; Wall

Indexed keywords

SHEAR STRENGTH; SOILS; STIFFNESS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

SOIL RENIFORCEMENT LOADS;

GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIALS;

GEOSYNTHETICS; LOADING; REINFORCED EARTH; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; WALL;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; GEOSYNTHETICS; STRESS-STRAIN PROPERTY;

EID: 0037699901     PISSN: 10726349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/gein.9.0227     Document Type: Article

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