Performance evaluation of silty sand reinforced with fibres

Geotextiles and Geomembranes

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 93-99

  Ahmad, Fauziah ^a   Bateni, Farshid ^a   Azmi, Mastura ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Fibre; Oil palm; Reinforcement; Silty sand

Indexed keywords

FIBRE; FRICTION ANGLES; INTERFACE FRICTION; LOADING CONDITION; OIL PALM; OIL PALM EMPTY FRUIT BUNCH; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; RANDOMLY DISTRIBUTED; REINFORCED SILTY SANDS; SHEAR STRENGTH PARAMETERS; SILTY SANDS; SOIL PARTICLES; SURFACE AREA; TRIAXIAL COMPRESSION; TRIAXIAL COMPRESSION TESTS; UNDRAINED; UNDRAINED CONDITIONS;

BUTADIENE; COATINGS; COMPRESSION TESTING; FIBERS; FRICTION; REINFORCEMENT; SAND; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOILS; STYRENE;

TENSILE STRENGTH;

COMPRESSION; REINFORCEMENT; SHEAR STRENGTH; SILTY SOIL; TRIAXIAL TEST;

ELAEIS;

COATING; COMPRESSION; FIBER; FRICTION; GEOTEXTILE; NATURAL FIBER; PULP; SHEAR PROPERTY; SOIL REINFORCEMENT; STRENGTH;

EID: 75949093243     PISSN: 02661144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geotexmem.2009.09.017     Document Type: Article

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