Laboratory performance of unpaved roads reinforced with woven coir geotextiles

Geotextiles and Geomembranes

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 204-210

  Subaida, E A ^a   Chandrakaran, S ^a   Sankar, N ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CALICUT   (India)

Author keywords

Bearing capacity; Plastic deformation; Unpaved road; Woven coir geotextile

Indexed keywords

BASE COURSE; BENEFICIAL USE; COIR GEOTEXTILES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; LABORATORY PERFORMANCE; LARGE DEFORMATIONS; LOAD-CARRYING CAPACITIES; OPTIMUM PLACEMENTS; PLACEMENT POSITIONS; PLASTIC SURFACES; REINFORCING MATERIALS; REPEATED LOADINGS; REPEATED LOADS; RIGID CIRCULAR PLATES; TEST RESULTS; THIN SECTIONS; TWO LAYERS; UNPAVED ROAD; WOVEN COIR GEOTEXTILE;

BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); GEOTEXTILES; PAVEMENTS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; PLASTICS; WEAVING; WELDS;

BEARING CAPACITY;

BEARING CAPACITY; GEOTEXTILE; LOADING; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; REINFORCEMENT; ROAD;

BEARINGS; DEFORMATION; GEOTEXTILE; STIFFNESS; WOVEN FABRIC;

EID: 67349154776     PISSN: 02661144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geotexmem.2008.11.009     Document Type: Article

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