Numerical analysis of stress-deformation response in reinforced unpaved road sections

Geosynthetics International

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 111-119

  Leng, J ^a,b   Gabr, M A ^b  

^a Tenax Corporation   (United States)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite element analysis; Geosynthetics; Numerical analysis; Reinforcement; Unpaved roads

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REINFORCEMENT; ROADS AND STREETS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE STRESS; TRIBOLOGY;

AGGREGATE BASE COURSE (ABC); ELASTO-PLASTIC CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; GEOSYNTHETIC-REINFORCEMENT UNPAVED STRUCTURE; SOFT SUBGRADE; STRESS-DEPENDENT MODULUS; STRUCTURAL DEGRADATION; TRAFFIC LOAD;

GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIALS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOSYNTHETICS; PAVEMENT; STRESS ANALYSIS;

EID: 31744447069     PISSN: 10726349     EISSN: 10726349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/gein.2005.12.2.111     Document Type: Article

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