Performance of a geogrid-reinforced and pile-supported highway embankment over soft clay: Case study

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 133, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1483-1493

  Liu, H L ^a   Ng, Charles W W ^b   Fei, K ^c  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^c YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Case reports; Clays; Embankments; Finite element method; Geogrids; Monitoring; Three dimensional models

Indexed keywords

CLAY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PILES; PORE PRESSURE;

GEOGRIDS; LOAD TRANSFER; SOFT SILTY CLAY;

EMBANKMENTS;

DISPLACEMENT; EMBANKMENT; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PILE; POREWATER; REINFORCED CONCRETE; SOFT CLAY; SOIL SURFACE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOGRID; PRESSURE; SOIL REINFORCEMENT; SOIL RESISTANCE; STRESS;

EID: 36448989644     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2007)133:12(1483)     Document Type: Article

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