Comparison of bearing capacity of a strip footing on sand with geocell and with planar forms of geotextile reinforcement

Geotextiles and Geomembranes

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 72-84

  Tafreshi, S N Moghaddas ^a   Dawson, A R ^b  

^a K N TOOSI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bearing pressure; Experimental model test; Geocell; Reduction in footing settlement; Reinforced sand; Strip footing

Indexed keywords

BEARING PRESSURE; EXPERIMENTAL MODELS; GEOCELL; GEOCELLS; REINFORCED SAND; STRIP FOOTING;

BEARING CAPACITY; BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); GEOTEXTILES; SAND; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; TESTING; WELDS;

REINFORCEMENT;

BEARING CAPACITY; FOOTING; GEOTEXTILE; MODEL TEST; SAND; SOIL REINFORCEMENT;

GEOCELL; GEOTEXTILE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRESSURE; SOIL REINFORCEMENT; TESTING;

EID: 76149101239     PISSN: 02661144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geotexmem.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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