Strength reduction factors due to installation damage of reinforcing geosynthetics

Geotextiles and Geomembranes

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 401-424

  Hufenus, Rudolf ^a   Rüegger, Rudolf ^b   Flum, Daniel ^c   Sterba, Ivo J ^d  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b Solutions in Geotechnical Engineering   (Switzerland)

^c Fatzer AG   (Switzerland)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Installation damage; Laboratory simulation; Long term tensile strength; Reduction factor; Reinforcement; Survivability

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOTEXTILES; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESS ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

GEOGRIDS; INSTALLATION DAMAGE; STRENGTH REDUCTION FACTORS;

GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIALS;

GEOSYNTHETICS; STRENGTH;

GEOTEXTILES; STRESS ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

GEOSYNTHETICS; STRENGTH;

EID: 20544464114     PISSN: 02661144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geotexmem.2005.02.003     Document Type: Article

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