Compressive load response of granular piles reinforced with geogrids

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 187-192

  Sharma, Radhey S ^a   Kumar, B R Phani ^b   Nagendra, G ^c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

Author keywords

Bulging; Composite ground; Geogrids; Granular pile; Load carrying capacity

Indexed keywords

CLAY; COMPRESSIVE STRESS; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; REINFORCEMENT;

GEOGRID-REINFORCEMENT PILES; LOAD-CARRYING CAPACITY;

PILES;

BEARING CAPACITY; GEOSYNTHETICS; GEOTEXTILE; PILE RESPONSE; REINFORCED EARTH;

EID: 1842789592     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t03-075     Document Type: Article

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