Behavior of a soil-tire shreds backfill for modular block-wall

Geotechnical Special Publication

Volumn , Issue 127, 2004, Pages 162-172

  Abichou, Tarek ^a,b   Tawfiq, Kamal ^a,b   Edil, Tuncer B ^a,c   Benson, Craig H ^a,c  

^a Geo Institute   (United States)

^b FAMU FSU COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (United States)

^c University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; GEOTEXTILES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REINFORCEMENT; SOILS; STRAIN;

BACKFILL MATERIALS; GEOSYNTHETIC REINFORCEMENT; SOIL-TIRE SHREDS;

TIRES;

DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOTEXTILES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REINFORCEMENT; SOIL; STRAINS; TIRES;

EID: 33747879117     PISSN: 08950563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40756(149)11     Document Type: Conference Paper

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