Microscopic observation on progressive failure of reinforced foundations

Soils and Foundations

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 25-37

  Yamamoto, Kentaro ^a   Otani, Jun ^b  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

(Failure mechanism); (Rotation); Bearing capacity; Deformation; Image processing; Model test; Progressive failure; Reinforced soil; Shallow foundation (IGC: E3 E14)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347785301     PISSN: 00380806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3208/sandf.41.25     Document Type: Article

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