Limit load of soil-root composites

Computers, Materials and Continua

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 117-137

  Pu, Yang ^a   Zhihai, Xiang ^a   Xiasong, Hu ^b   Guorong, Li ^b   Haili, Zhu ^b   Xiaoqin, Mao ^b   Zhangzhi, Cen ^a,b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b QINGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Limit load; Periodic composites; Soil root composites; Soil root interaction

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; FIBER AXIS; INTERFACE ELEMENTS; LATERAL PRESSURES; LIMIT LOAD; MATRIX; PERIODIC COMPOSITES; REPRESENTATIVE VOLUME ELEMENTS; ROOT REINFORCEMENT; SHALLOW SOILS; TRIAXIAL TEST;

HOMOGENIZATION METHOD; REINFORCEMENT; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS; STRUCTURAL LOADS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VOLUME MEASUREMENT;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

EID: 77449147055     PISSN: 15462218     EISSN: 15462226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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