Strength characteristics of silty clay reinforced with randomly oriented nylon fibers

Electronic Journal of Geotechnical Engineering

Volumn 8 B, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Kumar, Sanjeev ^a   Tabor, Everett ^b  

^a Southern Illinois University at Carbondale   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOSYNTHETICS; GEOTEXTILE; SILTY CLAY; SOIL IMPROVEMENT; SOIL REINFORCEMENT; STRENGTH;

EID: 0347300529     PISSN: 10893032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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