A laboratory device to test the pull-out behavior of soil nails

Geotechnical Testing Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 499-513

  Chu, Lok Man ^a   Yin, Jian Hua ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Degree of saturation; Interface shear strength; Slope; Soil nailing; Surface roughness

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOILS; STRESSES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

DEGREE OF SATURATION; INTERFACE SHEAR STRENGTH; SOIL NAILING;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 24644454351     PISSN: 01496115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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