Behavior of cantilever and geosynthetic-reinforced walls on deformable foundations

Geotextiles and Geomembranes

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 448-459

  Huang, Ching Chuan ^a   Luo, Woei Ming ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cantilever walls; Deformable foundation; Foundation settlement; Geosynthetic reinforced wall; Lateral pressure; Model tests

Indexed keywords

CANTILEVER WALLS; DEFORMABLE FOUNDATION; FOUNDATION SETTLEMENT; GEOSYNTHETICS; LATERAL PRESSURES; MODEL TESTS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DEFORMATION; FACINGS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; NANOCANTILEVERS; RETAINING WALLS; SAFETY FACTOR; SETTLEMENT OF STRUCTURES; SOILS;

FOUNDATIONS;

DEFORMATION; FOUNDATION; GEOMEMBRANE; GEOTEXTILE; GROUND SETTLEMENT; LIMIT ANALYSIS; MODEL TEST; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANE STRAIN; PRESSURE GRADIENT; REINFORCED EARTH; RETAINING WALL; SLIDING; SOIL REINFORCEMENT;

CARANGIDAE;

EID: 77956181546     PISSN: 02661144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geotexmem.2009.12.008     Document Type: Article

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