Refinement of K-stiffness Method for geosynthetic-reinforced soil walls

Geosynthetics International

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 269-295

  Bathurst, R J ^a   Miyata, Y ^a,c   Nernheim, A ^a,d   Allen, A M ^b  

^a ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION   (United States)

^c NATIONAL DEFENSE ACADEMY   (Japan)

^d CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

AASHTO Simplified Method; Battered walls; Geosynthetics; K stiffness method; Reinforced soil walls

Indexed keywords

GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIALS; QUAY WALLS; SOILS; STIFFNESS;

ACCURATE PREDICTION; BATTERED WALLS; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; GEOSYNTHETIC REINFORCED SOIL WALLS; GEOSYNTHETICS; REINFORCED SOIL WALL; SERVICEABILITY CONDITIONS; SIMPLIFIED METHOD;

REINFORCEMENT;

GEOSYNTHETICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; REINFORCED EARTH; SOIL REINFORCEMENT; STABILITY ANALYSIS; STIFFNESS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

DESIGN; GEOSYNTHETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SOIL REINFORCEMENT; STABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STIFFNESS;

EID: 55349107779     PISSN: 10726349     EISSN: 10726349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/gein.2008.15.4.269     Document Type: Article

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