Shear strength behaviour of cohesive soils reinforced with vegetation

Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering: Geotechnology in Harmony with the Global Environment

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages 2493-2498

  Cazzuffi, D ^a   Crippa, E ^a  

^a CESI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHESIVE SOILS; DIRECT SHEAR TEST; EROSION CONTROL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; PLANT ROOTS; QUANTITATIVE DETERMINATIONS; ROOT SYSTEM; ROOT TENSILE STRENGTH; SLOPE STABILIZATION; SOIL LAYER; SOIL MASS; SOIL MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SOIL SHEAR STRENGTH; UNDISTURBED SAMPLE;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; REINFORCEMENT; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; STABILIZATION; VEGETATION;

SHEAR STRENGTH;

EID: 33745621416     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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