Numerical simulation of fiber-reinforced sand behavior

Geotextiles and Geomembranes

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 181-188

  Sivakumar Babu, G L ^a   Vasudevan, A K ^a   Haldar, Sumanta ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Coir fiber; Pull out resistance; Random reinforced sand; Shear behavior

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION TESTING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SHEAR STRENGTH;

COIR FIBER; PULL-OUT RESISTANCE; RANDOM-REINFORCED SAND; SHEAR BEHAVIOR;

SAND;

COMPRESSION; GEOSYNTHETICS; NUMERICAL METHOD; PULLOUT TEST; REINFORCEMENT; SHEAR; SHEAR STRENGTH; SIMULATION; TRIAXIAL TEST;

COIR FIBER; COMPRESSION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIBER PROPERTY; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; LOADING (TESTING); MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROSTRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; PULL-OUT; SHEAR PROPERTY; STRAIN;

EID: 39749102287     PISSN: 02661144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geotexmem.2007.06.004     Document Type: Article

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