Dilatant stresses at the interface of granular fills and geogrid strip reinforcements

Geosynthetics International

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 239-252

  Alfaro, M C ^a   Pathak, Y P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Geogrid; Geosynthetics; Granular soil; Reinforced soil; Restrained dilatancy; Soil geosynthetic interaction

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRESS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); REINFORCEMENT; SOILS; STABILITY; STRESSES;

DILATANT STRESSES; GEOGRID STRIP REINFORCEMENTS; GEOSYNTHETIC-REINFORCED SOIL WALLS; INTERNAL STABILITY ANALYSIS; REINFORCED SOIL; RETAINED DILATENCY; SOIL-GEOSYNTHETIC INTERACTION; SOIL-REINFORCEMENT INTERFACE;

GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIALS;

GEOSYNTHETICS; SOIL REINFORCEMENT;

ALFARO;

EID: 31744441015     PISSN: 10726349     EISSN: 10726349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/gein.2005.12.5.239     Document Type: Article

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