Bearing capacity of circular footing on geocell-sand mattress overlying clay bed with void

Geotextiles and Geomembranes

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 89-98

  Sireesh, S ^a   Sitharam, T G ^b   Dash, Sujit Kumar ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

Author keywords

Bearing capacity; Circular footing; Geocell reinforcement; Layered soil; Model test; Underground void

Indexed keywords

BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); CLAY MINERALS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; REINFORCEMENT; SAND; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; SOILS; TESTING; WELDS;

CIRCULAR FOOTING; GEOCELL REINFORCEMENT; LAYERED SOIL; MODEL TEST; UNDERGROUND VOID;

BEARING CAPACITY;

BEARING CAPACITY; FOOTING; GEOTEXTILE; LAYERED MEDIUM; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REINFORCEMENT; SAND; SOIL IMPROVEMENT; TESTING METHOD;

CLAY LINER; DENSITY; GEOCELL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SOIL REINFORCEMENT; TESTING;

EID: 60449105287     PISSN: 02661144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geotexmem.2008.09.005     Document Type: Article

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