Field monitoring evaluation of geotextile-reinforced soil-retaining walls

Geosynthetics International

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 100-118

  Benjamim, C V S ^a   Bueno, B S ^b   Zornberg, J G ^c  

^a Produquímica Industria e Comercio S A   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohesive soils; Geosynthetics; Geotextile; K stiffness method; Reinforced soil walls

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GEOTEXTILES; SOILS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

COHESIVE SOILS; GEOGRIDS; K-STIFFNESS METHOD; SIGMOID CURVES;

RETAINING WALLS;

COHESIVE SOIL; DEFORMATION; GEOSYNTHETICS; GEOTEXTILE; RETAINING WALL; SOIL REINFORCEMENT; SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; STIFFNESS;

BUILDING MATERIAL; GEOGRID; GEOSYNTHETICS; GEOTEXTILE; MONITORING; SOIL REINFORCEMENT; STRAIN; TENSION;

EID: 34249933607     PISSN: 10726349     EISSN: 10726349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/gein.2007.14.2.100     Document Type: Article

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