Numerical analysis of reinforced soil-retaining wall structures with cohesive and granular backfills

Geosynthetics International

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 330-345

  Guler, E ^a   Hamderi, M ^b   Demirkan, M M ^a  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Failure surface; Finite element analysis; Geosynthetics; Geotextile; Reinforced soil; Shear strains

Indexed keywords

FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; RETAINING WALLS; SHEAR STRAIN; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; SOILS;

COHESIVE BACKFILLS; FAILURE SURFACE; GRANULAR BACKFILLS; REINFORCED SOIL-RETAINING WALL STRUCTURES;

GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIALS;

BACKFILL; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOSYNTHETICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; REINFORCED EARTH; RETAINING WALL; SHEAR STRAIN; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOIL REINFORCEMENT;

FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOSYNTHETICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; SHEAR PROPERTY; SOIL REINFORCEMENT;

EID: 44649133823     PISSN: 10726349     EISSN: 10726349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/gein.2007.14.6.330     Document Type: Article

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