Peak versus residual shear strength in geosynthetic-reinforced soil design

Geosynthetics International

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 301-317

  Zornberg, J G ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

Centrifuge; Design; Shear strength; Soil reinforcement

Indexed keywords

INCLUSIONS; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; SOILS;

GEOSYNTHETIC-REINFORCED SOIL;

GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIALS;

CENTRIFUGE; DESIGN; GEOSYNTHETICS; REINFORCED EARTH; SHEAR STRENGTH; SLOPE STABILITY;

GEOSYNTHETICS; SHEAR PROPERTY; SOIL REINFORCEMENT; STRENGTH;

EID: 0038724258     PISSN: 10726349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/gein.9.0220     Document Type: Article

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