Construction of geogrid encased stone columns: A new proposal based on laboratory testing

Geotextiles and Geomembranes

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 108-118

  Gniel, Joel ^a   Bouazza, Abdelmalek ^b  

^a GOLDER ASSOCIATES PTY LTD   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Construction; Geogrid encasement; Overlapping; Reinforcement; Stone columns

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE METHODS; BIAXIAL GEOGRIDS; COLUMN CAPACITY; COLUMN STIFFNESS; COMPRESSION TESTS; CRUSHED ROCK; GEOGRID ENCASEMENT; GEOGRIDS; GEOTEXTILE-ENCASED COLUMNS; LABORATORY TESTING; SITE CONSTRUCTION; SITE TRIAL; SMALL-SCALE TESTS; STONE AGGREGATES; STONE COLUMN;

AGGREGATES; COMPRESSION TESTING; REINFORCEMENT; STIFFNESS; WELDING;

COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL);

COLUMN; CONSTRUCTION; GEOTEXTILE; LABORATORY METHOD; REINFORCEMENT; STIFFNESS; STRENGTH; WELDING;

COMPRESSION; CUTTING; GEOGRID; STIFFNESS; STRENGTH; WELDING;

EID: 75949092237     PISSN: 02661144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geotexmem.2009.12.012     Document Type: Article

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