Short-term strain and deformation behavior of geosynthetic walls at working stress conditions

Geosynthetics International

Volumn 9, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 451-482

  Bathurst, R J ^a   Allen, T M ^b   Walters, D L ^c  

^a ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION   (United States)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coefficient of variation; Deformation; Geosynthetic; Reinforcement; Strain calibration; Strain measurement; Wall

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; DEFORMATION; DILATOMETERS; STIFFNESS; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS;

STRAIN GAUGES;

GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIALS;

GEOSYNTHETICS; REINFORCEMENT; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; WALL;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; GEOSYNTHETICS; REINFORCEMENT; STRAIN;

EID: 0038037675     PISSN: 10726349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/gein.9.0225     Document Type: Article

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