Numerical analysis of attenuation effect of EPS geofoam on stress-waves in civil defense engineering

Geotextiles and Geomembranes

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 265-273

  Wang, Zhi Liang ^a,b   Li, Yong Chi ^a   Wang, J G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Decay factor; Empirical formula; EPS geofoam; Geometric dimension; Stress waves

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; BUILDING MATERIALS; CIVIL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOAMS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; POLYSTYRENES;

DECAY FACTOR; EMPIRICAL FORMULA; EXPANDED POLYSTYRENE (EPS) GEOFOAM; GEOMETRIC DIMENSION; STRESS-WAVES;

CIVIL DEFENSE;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; CONCRETE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; NUMERICAL METHOD; WAVE ATTENUATION;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCRETE; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; GEOTEXTILE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS;

EID: 33746192216     PISSN: 02661144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geotexmem.2006.04.002     Document Type: Article

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