Behaviour of footings on reinforced sand subjected to repeated loading - Comparing use of 3D and planar geotextile

Geotextiles and Geomembranes

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 434-447

  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

3D and planar geotextile reinforcement; Footing settlement; Laboratory test; Plastic shakedown; Repeated loads; Strip footing

Indexed keywords

FOOTING SETTLEMENTS; GEOTEXTILE REINFORCEMENT; LABORATORY TEST; PLASTIC SHAKEDOWN; REPEATED LOADS; STRIP FOOTING;

DYNAMIC LOADS; GEOTEXTILES; LOADING; PLASTICS; REINFORCEMENT; SAND;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

FOOTING; GEOMEMBRANE; GEOTEXTILE; GROUND SETTLEMENT; LABORATORY METHOD; LANDFILL LINER; LOADING TEST; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; REINFORCED EARTH; SAND; SOIL REINFORCEMENT;

EID: 77956184667     PISSN: 02661144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geotexmem.2009.12.007     Document Type: Article

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