Capturing strain localization behind a geosynthetic-reinforced soil wall

International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 425-451

  Lai, Timothy Y ^a   Borja, Ronaldo I ^a   Duvernay, Blaise G ^a   Meehan, Richard L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Constitutive relations; Deformation; Earth pressures; Failure; Geosynthetics; Numerical modelling; Plasticity; Retaining walls; Strain localization

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIALS; REINFORCEMENT; SOILS; STRAIN;

STRAIN LOCALIZATION;

WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

COHESIONLESS SOIL; GEOSYNTHETICS; REINFORCED EARTH; RETAINING WALL; SHEAR STRAIN; STRAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 0038702048     PISSN: 03639061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nag.280     Document Type: Article

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