Static response of reinforced soil retaining walls with nonuniform reinforcement

International Journal of Geomechanics

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 477-506

  Hatami, K ^a   Bathurst, R J ^a   Di Pietro, P ^b  

^a ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b Maccaferri Gabions Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Geosynthetics; Nonuniform reinforcement; Numerical modeling; Reinforced soil; Retaining walls

Indexed keywords

FACINGS; GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIALS; NUMERICAL MODELS; RETAINING WALLS; SOILS; STIFFNESS; WIRE PRODUCTS;

GEOSYNTHETICS; LATERAL DISPLACEMENTS; LATERAL EARTH PRESSURE; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; REINFORCED SOIL; REINFORCED SOIL RETAINING WALLS; REINFORCEMENT LENGTH; SEQUENTIAL CONSTRUCTION;

REINFORCEMENT;

EID: 12444344102     PISSN: 15323641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1532-3641(2001)1:4(477)     Document Type: Article

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