Laboratory tests on geosynthetic-encapsulated sand columns

Geotextiles and Geomembranes

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 107-120

  Wu, Cho Sen ^a   Hong, Yung Shan ^a  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Encapsulated; Geotextile; Inspired confining pressure; Radial strain reduction; Sand column; Triaxial compression test

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION TESTING; GEOTEXTILES; REINFORCEMENT; ROCK PRESSURE; SOILS; STRAIN; TENSILE STRENGTH; TESTING;

ENCAPSULATED; GEOTEXTILE; INSPIRED CONFINING PRESSURE; RADIAL STRAIN REDUCTION; SAND COLUMN; TRIAXIAL COMPRESSION TEST;

SAND;

COHESION; COLUMN; COMPRESSION; ENCAPSULATION; FRICTION; GEOSYNTHETICS; LABORATORY METHOD; REINFORCEMENT; SANDY SOIL; SOIL IMPROVEMENT; STRAIN ANALYSIS; TRIAXIAL TEST;

COMPRESSION; ENCAPSULATION; GEOSYNTHETICS; GEOTEXTILE; PRESSURE; SOIL REINFORCEMENT; TESTING;

EID: 60449091448     PISSN: 02661144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geotexmem.2008.09.003     Document Type: Article

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