Embankment supported on piles with biaxial geogrids

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Geotechnical Engineering

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 185-192

  De Souza Soares De Almeida, Máreio ^a   Ehrlich, Maurício ^a   Spotti, Alexandre Pereira ^a   Maroues, Maria Esther Soaras ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Embankments; Geotextiles. membranes geognds; Piles piling

Indexed keywords

CLAY; PILES; POLYESTERS; SETTLEMENT OF STRUCTURES; STRAIN MEASUREMENT;

BIAXIAL GEOGRIDS; LOAD TRANSFERENCE; PILE LAYOUTS;

EMBANKMENTS;

EMBANKMENT; EXCAVATION; GEOTEXTILE; PILE; REINFORCEMENT; STRAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 36849012166     PISSN: 13532618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geng.2007.160.4.185     Document Type: Article

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