Design of geosynthetic-reinforced platforms spanning localized sinkholes

Geotextiles and Geomembranes

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 416-428

  Briançon, Laurent ^a   Villard, Pascal ^b  

^a University of Paris Cité   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE SOLS SOLIDES STRUCTURES   (France)

Author keywords

Analytical design; Geosynthetic reinforcement; Localized sinkhole

Indexed keywords

REINFORCEMENT; STRESSES;

ANALYTICAL DESIGN; ANALYTICAL DESIGN METHOD; CAVITY DIAMETER; DESIGN CHARTS; EMBANKMENT HEIGHT; GEOSYNTHETIC REINFORCEMENT; INTERFACE CHARACTERISTICS; LOCALIZED SINKHOLE; MECHANICAL PARAMETERS; NEW DEVELOPMENTS; OVERLAP LENGTH; PARAMETRIC STUDIES; RAILWAY PLATFORMS; SURFACE SETTLEMENTS;

MACHINE DESIGN;

DESIGN METHOD; GEOSYNTHETICS; REINFORCEMENT; SINKHOLE;

DESIGN; DIAMETER; GEOSYNTHETICS; LENGTH; REINFORCEMENT;

EID: 50149114499     PISSN: 02661144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geotexmem.2007.12.005     Document Type: Article

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