Effect of microreinforcement of soils from very small to large shear strains

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1024-1033

  Heineck, Karla Salvagni ^a   Coop, Matthew Richard ^b   Consoli, Nilo Cesar ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fibers; Shear strain; Soil improvement; Soil properties; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

DUCTILITY; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; SAND; SHEAR STRENGTH; STIFFNESS; STRAIN; TENACITY;

SHEAR STRAIN; SOIL IMPROVEMENT; SOIL PROPERTIES;

SOILS;

SHEAR STRAIN; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL REINFORCEMENT;

EID: 23844456585     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2005)131:8(1024)     Document Type: Article

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