Performance of a fibre-reinforced sand at large shear strains

Geotechnique

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 751-756

  Consoli, N C ^a   Casagrande, M D T ^b   Coop, M R ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fibre reinforcement; Large shearing strains; Ring shear; Sand

Indexed keywords

POLYPROPYLENES; REINFORCEMENT; SHEAR STRAIN;

DISTORTIONAL STRAINS; FIBRE REINFORCEMENT; LARGE SHEARING STRAINS; NORMAL STRESSES;

SAND;

COMPOSITE; DISPLACEMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; POLYMER; REINFORCED CONCRETE; REINFORCEMENT; SAND; SHEAR STRAIN; SHEAR TEST; SOIL STRENGTH;

EID: 36048965319     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: 00168505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2007.57.9.751     Document Type: Article

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