Cost optimization of reinforced earth walls

Geotechnical and Geological Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-12

  Basudhar, P K ^a   Vashistha, Amol ^a   Deb, Kousik ^a,b   Dey, Arindam ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Geosynthetic reinforced earth retaining wall; Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE); Optimalcost design; Sequential Unconstrained Minimization Technique (SUMT)

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC LOADS; GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; REINFORCEMENT; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

MECHANICALLY STABILIZED EARTH; OPTIMAL COST DESIGN; REINFORCED EARTH WALL; SEQUENTIAL UNCONSTRAINED MINIMIZATION TECHNIQUE;

RETAINING WALLS;

GEOSYNTHETICS; LOADING; REINFORCED EARTH; REINFORCEMENT; RETAINING WALL;

EID: 39849086200     PISSN: 09603182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10706-007-9143-6     Document Type: Article

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