Stress and strain monitoring of reinforced soil test wall

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1868, 2004, Pages 89-99

  Farrag, Khalid ^a   Abu Farsakh, Murad ^b   Morvant, Mark ^b  

^a GTI   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; PORE PRESSURE; RETAINING WALLS; RIGIDITY; STIFFNESS; STRAIN GAGES; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL LOADS; TENSILE TESTING;

FULL-SCALE REINFORCED TEST WALL; REINFORCEMENT LOADS; SILTY-CLAY BACKFILL; SOIL TEST WALLS; STRAIN MONITORING;

REINFORCED CONCRETE;

EID: 10944263786     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1868-10     Document Type: Article

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