Infiltration into an embankment reinforced by nonwoven geotextiles

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1145-1159

  Iryo, T ^a   Rowe, R Kerry ^b  

^a SNC LAVALIN INC   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drainage; Embankment; Nonwoven geotextile; Stability; Unsaturated

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW OF WATER; GEOTEXTILES; HYDRAULICS; INFILTRATION; PORE PRESSURE; SOILS; STABILITY;

DRAINAGE MATERIAL; NONWOVEN GEOTEXTILE; STABILITY ANALYSES;

EMBANKMENTS;

EMBANKMENT; GEOTEXTILE; REINFORCED EARTH;

EID: 27744519879     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t05-035     Document Type: Article

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