Model studies of a circular footing supported on geocell-reinforced clay

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 693-703

  Sitharam, T G ^a   Sireesh, S ^a   Dash, Sujit Kumar ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

Author keywords

Circular footing; Geocell reinforcement; Model study; Reinforced soil; Soft clay

Indexed keywords

CLAY; FOUNDATIONS; LOAD TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REINFORCEMENT; SETTLEMENT OF STRUCTURES; SOIL MECHANICS;

CIRCULAR FOOTING; GEOCELL REINFORCEMENT; REINFORCED SOIL; SOFT CLAY;

SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS;

BEARING CAPACITY; FOOTING; GEOTEXTILE; REINFORCED EARTH;

EID: 24044505693     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t04-117     Document Type: Article

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