Plate load test on fiber-reinforced soil

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 129, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 951-955

  Consoli, Nilo C ^a   Casagrande, Michéle D T ^a   Prietto, Pedro D M ^b   Thomé, Antônio ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^c School of Engineering   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fiber reinforced materials; Load tests; Plates; Settlement; Soils

Indexed keywords

POLYPROPYLENES; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SAND; SOILS; STRESSES;

PLATE LOAD TESTS;

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS;

GEOSYNTHETICS; LOADING TEST; SETTLING BEHAVIOR; SOIL REINFORCEMENT;

FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; LOADING; POLYPROPYLENE FIBER; SOIL REINFORCEMENT; TESTING;

EID: 0142058257     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2003)129:10(951)     Document Type: Article

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