Three-dimensional numerical modeling of single geocell-reinforced sand

Frontiers of Architecture and Civil Engineering in China

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 233-240

  Yang, Xiaoming ^a   Han, Jie ^a   Parsons, Robert L ^a   Leshchinsky, Dov ^b  

^a University of Kansas   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

FLAC3D; Geocell; Geosynthetic reinforcement; Numerical model

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953123151     PISSN: 16737407     EISSN: 16737512     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11709-010-0020-7     Document Type: Article

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