Investigation of geotextile-soil interaction under a cyclic vertical load using the discrete element method

Geotextiles and Geomembranes

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-43

  Bhandari, Anil ^a   Han, Jie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclic wheel load; Discrete Element Method (DEM); Geotextile; Interaction; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

BIAXIAL TESTS; DEGREE OF INTERACTION; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD (DEM); LINEAR CONTACT; ROADWAY CONSTRUCTIONS; SOIL INTERACTION; TENSILE TESTS; VERTICAL LOAD; WHEEL LOADS;

ARCH BRIDGES; GEOLOGIC MODELS; REINFORCEMENT; SOILS; STIFFNESS; TENSILE STRAIN; TENSILE TESTING; WHEELS;

GEOTEXTILES;

BIAXIAL TEST; CYCLIC LOADING; DEFORMATION; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOTEXTILE; SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; STIFFNESS;

DEFORMATION; FILTRATION; GEOTEXTILE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SEPARATION; SOIL REINFORCEMENT; STIFFNESS; STRAIN; TENSILE PROPERTY;

EID: 76149111923     PISSN: 02661144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geotexmem.2009.09.005     Document Type: Article

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