Embankments reinforced by piles and geosynthetics-Numerical and experimental studies dealing with the transfer of load on the soil embankment

Engineering Geology

Volumn 106, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 78-91

  Le Hello, B ^a   Villard, P ^b  

^a Egis Avia   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE SOLS SOLIDES STRUCTURES   (France)

Author keywords

Arching effect; Geosynthetics; Membrane effect; Numerical model; Piles; Reinforced embankment

Indexed keywords

GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIALS; NUMERICAL MODELS; PILES; REINFORCEMENT; SOIL TESTING; SOILS;

ARCHING EFFECTS; EARTH STRUCTURES; GEOSYNTHETICS; LOAD TRANSFER MECHANISM; NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; REINFORCED EMBANKMENTS; TRANSFER OF LOAD; UNDERLYING SOILS;

EMBANKMENTS;

ARCHING; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; EMBANKMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOSYNTHETICS; LOADING TEST; MEMBRANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PILE GROUP; PILE RESPONSE; REINFORCED EARTH; REINFORCEMENT; RIGIDITY; SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; STIFFNESS;

EID: 67349189961     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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