Analytical modeling of geogrid reinforced soil foundation

Geotextiles and Geomembranes

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-72

  Sharma, Radhey ^a   Chen, Qiming ^a   Abu Farsakh, Murad ^a   Yoon, Sungmin ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bearing capacity; Failure modes; Geogrid; Reinforced soil foundation; Stability analysis; Tensile force

Indexed keywords

BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); CLAY; CLAY MINERALS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FORECASTING; FOUNDATIONS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SOILS; TESTING; WELDS;

ANALYTICAL MODELING; ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FAILURE MECHANISMS; GEOGRID; LABORATORY MODEL TESTS; LITERATURE REVIEWS; REINFORCED SANDS; REINFORCED SOIL FOUNDATION; REINFORCED SOILS; SCALE MODELS; SILTY CLAYS; STABILITY ANALYSIS; TENSILE FORCE; TEST RESULTS; ULTIMATE BEARING CAPACITIES;

BEARING CAPACITY;

BEARING CAPACITY; FAILURE MECHANISM; FOUNDATION; GEOTEXTILE; MODELING; SOIL REINFORCEMENT; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

BEARINGS; CLAY LINER; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SOIL REINFORCEMENT; STABILITY; TENSILE PROPERTY;

EID: 57149135194     PISSN: 02661144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geotexmem.2008.07.002     Document Type: Article

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