Behavior of geocell-reinforced sand under a vertical load

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2045, 2008, Pages 95-101

  Han, Jie ^a   Yang, Xiaoming ^a   Leshchinsky, Dov ^b   Parsons, Robert L ^a  

^a University of Kansas   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEARING CAPACITY; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; REINFORCEMENT; SHEAR STRESS; SOIL MECHANICS; TESTING;

CELLULAR STRUCTURE; EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL STUDIES; GEOCELLS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; REINFORCED FOUNDATION; REINFORCED SAND; TEST PROCESS; ULTIMATE BEARING CAPACITY; VERTICAL LOAD;

SAND;

EID: 52649161807     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2045-11     Document Type: Article

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