Strength and stiffness response of coir fiber-reinforced tropical soil

Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 571-577

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

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Energy absorption; Fiber reinforced materials; Soil stabilization; Stiffness; Tropical soils

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; CIVIL ENGINEERING; CLAY; CLAY MINERALS; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; FOOD PROCESSING; GEOLOGIC MODELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SOILS; STIFFNESS; TECHNOLOGY;

ASIAN COUNTRIES; BIODEGRADATION; CLAY SOILS; COIR FIBERS; DIFFERENT SIZES; ECO-FRIENDLY; ENERGY ABSORPTION; ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; FIBER-REINFORCED SOILS; INDONESIA; NON-LINEAR REGRESSION; PHILIPPINES; RANDOM REINFORCING MATERIAL; SOIL RESPONSES; SOIL SAMPLES; SOIL SPECIMENS; SOIL STABILIZATION; TRIAXIAL SHEAR; TROPICAL SOILS;

NATURAL FIBERS;

BIODEGRADATION; CLAY SOIL; COIR; MODELING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL STABILIZATION; STIFFNESS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TROPICAL SOIL;

BIODEGRADATION; CIVIL ENGINEERING; CLAY; COIR; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NATURAL FIBERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL; STIFFNESS;

EID: 50049121582     PISSN: 08991561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0899-1561(2008)20:9(571)     Document Type: Article

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