Centrifuge modeling test of a geotextile-reinforced wall with a very wet clayey backfill

Geotextiles and Geomembranes

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 346-359

  Chen, Huei Tsyr ^a   Hung, Wen Yi ^a   Chang, Chin Chang ^a   Chen, Yuan Ji ^a   Lee, Chung Jung ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Centrifuge modeling; Clay backfill; Geotextile reinforced wall

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; GEOTEXTILES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REINFORCEMENT; SOIL MECHANICS;

CENTRIFUGE MODELING; CLAY BACKFILL; GEOTEXTILE-REINFORCED WALL;

WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

BACKFILL; CENTRIFUGAL MODEL TEST; CLAY SOIL; GEOTEXTILE; REINFORCED EARTH; SOIL REINFORCEMENT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SOIL REINFORCEMENT; STRUCTURAL PROPERTY; TESTING;

EID: 35848932307     PISSN: 02661144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geotexmem.2007.01.003     Document Type: Article

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