Reinforcement loads in geosynthetic walls and the case for a new working stress design method

Geotextiles and Geomembranes

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 287-322

  Bathurst, Richard J ^a   Allen, Tony M ^b   Walters, Dave L ^c,d  

^a ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION   (United States)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Alston Associates Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Geosynthetics; K Stiffness Method; Reinforcement; Retaining walls; Simplified Method

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; LOADING; REINFORCEMENT; RETAINING WALLS; SOILS; STIFFNESS; STRAIN; STRESSES;

BACK-ANALYSIS; FAILURE LIMIT; GEOSYNTHETIC REINFORCED SOIL WALLS; WALL BACKFILL;

GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIALS;

GEOSYNTHETICS; RETAINING WALL;

EID: 16844386130     PISSN: 02661144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geotexmem.2005.01.002     Document Type: Article

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