Centrifuge model tests on geotextile-reinforced slopes

Geosynthetics International

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 365-379

  Viswanadham, B V S ^a   Mahajan, R R ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Centrifuge modelling; Geosynthetics; Image analysis; Reinforced slope

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); IMAGE ANALYSIS; SAND; TENSILE STRAIN; TENSILE STRENGTH;

CENTRIFUGE MODEL TESTS; GEOTECHNICAL CENTRIFUGE; GEOTEXTILE-REINFORCED SLOPES; REINFORCED SLOPE;

GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIALS;

CENTRIFUGAL MODEL TEST; COLLAPSE; GEOSYNTHETICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LOADING; SLOPE STABILIZATION; SOIL REINFORCEMENT; STABILITY ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

FAILURE ANALYSIS; GEOSYNTHETICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MODEL; STRAIN; TESTING;

EID: 44149100484     PISSN: 10726349     EISSN: 10726349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/gein.2007.14.6.365     Document Type: Article

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