Conventional and accelerated creep tests on nonwoven needle-punched geotextiles

Geosynthetics International

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 276-287

  Bueno, B S ^a   Costanzi, M A ^b   Zornberg, J G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b LPS Consultoria e Engenharia Ltda   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerated creep test; Creep test; Geosynthesis; Needle punched; Nonwoven; Photographic techniques

Indexed keywords

CREEP TESTING; GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIALS; HIGH TEMPERATURE TESTING; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; NONWOVEN FABRICS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; POLYESTERS; POLYPROPYLENES; STRAIN; TENSILE STRENGTH;

NONWOVEN NEEDLE-PUNCHED GEOTEXTILES; PHOTOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES; STEPPED ISOTHERMAL METHOD;

GEOTEXTILES;

DEFORMATION; GEOTEXTILE;

CREEP TESTS; GEOTEXTILES; HIGH TEMPERATURE TESTS; NEEDLING; NONWOVENS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; POLYESTERS; POLYPROPYLENE; STRAINS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 31744438803     PISSN: 10726349     EISSN: 10726349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/gein.2005.12.6.276     Document Type: Article

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