Swelling behaviour of a geofiber-reinforced expansive soil

Geotextiles and Geomembranes

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 73-76

  Viswanadham, B V S ^a   Phanikumar, B R ^b   Mukherjee, Rahul V ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^b VIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Expansive soil; Fiber reinforcement; Fibers; Swell consolidation test; Swelling

Indexed keywords

FIBERS; PRESSURE DROP; REINFORCEMENT; SOILS;

CONSOLIDATION TESTS; EXPANSIVE SOIL; EXPANSIVE SOILS; FIBER CONTENTS; FIBER INTERACTIONS; FIBER REINFORCEMENT; LABORATORY STUDIES; LOW ASPECT RATIOS; OEDOMETER; RANDOMLY DISTRIBUTED; SWELL-CONSOLIDATION TEST; SWELLING BEHAVIOURS; SWELLING CHARACTERISTICS; SWELLING PRESSURES;

ASPECT RATIO;

EXPANSIVE SOIL; GEOTEXTILE; SOIL REINFORCEMENT; SWELLING;

GEOTEXTILE; SOIL REINFORCEMENT; SWELLING;

EID: 57149124364     PISSN: 02661144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geotexmem.2008.06.002     Document Type: Article

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