Laboratory tests of small-diameter HDPE pipes buried in reinforced sand under repeated-load

Geotextiles and Geomembranes

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 145-163

  Moghaddas Tafreshi, S N ^a   Khalaj, O ^a  

^a K N TOOSI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Buried flexible pipe; Laboratory test; Percent vertical diameter change; Repeated loads; Soil reinforcement; Soil surface settlement

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; SAND; SETTLEMENT OF STRUCTURES; SOILS; STRESSES;

BURIED FLEXIBLE PIPE; HIGH-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE PIPES; LABORATORY TESTS; REINFORCED SAND; RELATIVE DENSITY; SOIL SURFACE SETTLEMENT;

PLASTIC PIPE;

BURIED STRUCTURE; CYCLIC LOADING; DEFORMATION; GEOTEXTILE; LABORATORY METHOD; PIPE; SOIL REINFORCEMENT;

DEFORMATION; GEOGRID; LOADING (TESTING); PIPE; SAFETY; SOIL REINFORCEMENT; STRESS;

EID: 39749142177     PISSN: 02661144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geotexmem.2007.06.002     Document Type: Article

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