Performance of surface footing on geocell-reinforced soft clay beds

Geotechnical and Geological Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 509-524

  Thallak, Sitharam G ^a   Saride, Sireesh ^b   Dash, Sujit Kumar ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

Author keywords

Circular footing; Geocell reinforcement; Model tests; Reduction in footing settlement; Soft clay

Indexed keywords

BEARING CAPACITY; CLAY; REINFORCEMENT; SETTLEMENT OF STRUCTURES; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

CIRCULAR FOOTING; FOOTING SETTLEMENT; GEOCELL REINFORCEMENT; MODEL TESTS; SOFT CLAY;

FOUNDATIONS;

BEARING CAPACITY; FOOTING; LOADING; MODEL TEST; SOFT CLAY; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL REINFORCEMENT; SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

EID: 34548354473     PISSN: 09603182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10706-007-9125-8     Document Type: Article

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