Use of compressible expanded polystyrene blocks and geogrids for retaining wall structures

Soils and Foundations

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 29-41

  Tsukamoto, Yoshimichi ^a   Ishihara, Kenji ^a   Kon, Hirohito ^a,b   Masuo, Takayuki ^c  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b Geotop Corporation   (Japan)

^c Taiyo Kogyo Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

(EPS); (Geogrids); Active earth pressure; Earth pressure; Earth pressure at rest; Model test; Retaining wall; Sandy soil (IGC: E5 H2)

Indexed keywords

GRANULAR MATERIALS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SAND; SOIL MECHANICS; WALL FLOW;

(EPS); (GEOGRIDS); ACTIVE EARTH PRESSURE; EARTH PRESSURE; EARTH PRESSURE AT REST; MODEL TESTS; RETAINING WALL; SANDY SOIL;

POLYSTYRENES;

EID: 24744467169     PISSN: 00380806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3208/sandf.42.4_29     Document Type: Article

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