Model studies on circular footing supported on geocell reinforced sand underlain by soft clay

Geotextiles and Geomembranes

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 197-219

  Dash, Sujit Kumar ^a   Sireesh, S ^a   Sitharam, T G ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Circular footing; Clay; Geocell reinforcement; Model studies; Reinforced sand

Indexed keywords

CLAY; DEFORMATION; STIFFNESS;

GEOCELL REINFORCEMENT;

SAND;

BEARING CAPACITY; FOOTING; GEOMEMBRANE; REINFORCEMENT; SAND; SOFT CLAY; STRENGTH;

GEOCELL; GEOMEMBRANE; SOIL REINFORCEMENT; STRENGTH; TESTING;

EID: 0142229460     PISSN: 02661144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-1144(03)00017-7     Document Type: Article

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