Comparison of field and laboratory pullout tests on geosynthetics in marginal soils

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1975, 2006, Pages 124-136

  Abu Farsakh, Murad Y ^a   Almohd, Izzaldin ^b   Farrag, Khalid ^c  

^a LOUISIANA TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b BBC and M Engineering Inc   (United States)

^c GAS TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMBANKMENTS; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LAND FILL; REINFORCEMENT; SOILS;

COHESIVE SOILS; GEOSYNTHETIC REINFORCEMENTS; MECHANICALLY STABILIZED EARTH (MSE); SILTY CLAY SOILS;

GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 33847292880     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1975-16     Document Type: Conference Paper

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