Laboratory Investigation of Nonuniformly Reinforced Soil-Retaining Structures

Geotechnical Testing Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 289-295

  Porbaha, Ali ^a   Goodings, Deborah J ^b  

^a Sci and Technology Agency of Japan   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Centrifuge modeling; Cohesive soil; Geotextile; Retaining structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0642365239     PISSN: 01496115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/gtj19970004     Document Type: Article

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