Behaviour of geocell-reinforced sand beds under strip loading

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 905-916

  Dash, Sujit Kumar ^a   Rajagopal, K ^b   Krishnaswamy, N R ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Geocell; Sand; Soil reinforcement; Strip loading

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; MECHANICAL TESTING; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SAND; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; STRAIN; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

GEOCELL WALLS; SAND BEDS; SOIL REINFORCEMENT; STRIP LOADING;

COMPOSITE BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

COMPOSITE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; DEFORMATION; MECHANICAL TESTING; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SAND; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; STRAIN; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

GEOSYNTHETICS; LOADING TEST; SAND; SOIL REINFORCEMENT;

EID: 35448961212     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/T07-035     Document Type: Article

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