Coupled mechanical and hydraulic modeling of geosynthetic-reinforced column-supported embankments

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 135, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1011-1021

  Huang, Jie ^a   Han, Jie ^b   Oztoprak, Sadik ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Columns; Coupling; Embankments; Geosynthetics; Hydraulic models; Numerical models; Settlements; Tension

Indexed keywords

ABUTMENTS (BRIDGE); CANALS; EMBANKMENTS; FLOW OF WATER; GEOTEXTILES; HYDRAULIC MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; REINFORCEMENT; SOILS; WATER;

COLUMNS; GEOSYNTHETICS; NUMERICAL MODELS; SETTLEMENTS; TENSION;

HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES;

CONSOLIDATION; ELASTOPLASTICITY; EMBANKMENT; GEOSYNTHETICS; HYDRAULICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POREWATER; REINFORCED EARTH; SOFT SOIL; STIFFNESS; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ETELA SUOMEN; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 68049085699     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000026     Document Type: Article

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