Geosynthetic-reinforced embankments over soft foundations

Geosynthetics International

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 50-85

  Rowe, R Kerry ^a   Li, Allen L ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b AMEC Earth and Environmental Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Creep; Deformations; Embankment; Finite element analysis; Geosynthetics; Plasticity; Reinforcement; Soft clay; Stability; Vertical drains

Indexed keywords

CLAY; CREEP; DEFORMATION; EMBANKMENTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FOUNDATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASTICITY; REINFORCEMENT;

FOUNDATION SOILS; REINFORCED EMBANKMENTS; SOFT CLAY; SOFT COHESIVE SOIL; VERTICAL DRAINS;

GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIALS;

GEOSYNTHETICS;

EID: 31744432022     PISSN: 10726349     EISSN: 10726349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/gein.12.1.50.59424     Document Type: Article

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