Increasing the stiffness of mechanically reinforced backfill by preloading and prestressing

Soils and Foundations

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 75-92

  Shinoda, Masahiro ^a,b   Uchimura, Taro ^b   Tatsuoka, Fumio ^b  

^a Integral Geotechnology Institute Limited   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyclic loading; Model test; Preloading and prestressing; Reinforced backfill; Young's modulus (IGC: E14 K14)

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC LOADS; ELASTIC MODULI; GRAVEL; PRESTRESSING; REINFORCEMENT; STIFFNESS;

CYCLIC LOADING; MODEL TEST; PRELOADING AND PRESTRESSING; REINFORCED BACKFILL; YOUNG'S MODULUS (IGC: E14/K14);

SOILS;

EID: 24744454631     PISSN: 00380806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3208/sandf.43.75     Document Type: Review

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