Evaluation of creep behavior of high density polyethylene and polyethylene-terephthalate geogrids

Geotextiles and Geomembranes

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 409-421

  Yeo, S S ^a   Hsuan, Y G ^b  

^a GEOSYNTEC CONSULTANTS   (United States)

^b Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceleration method; Activation energy; Geogrid; Model investigation; Tensile creep

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED CREEP TESTS; ACCELERATION METHOD; ACCELERATION TESTS; APPLIED LOADS; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; CREEP BEHAVIORS; CREEP DEFORMATIONS; CREEP REDUCTION FACTORS; DESIGN LIFE; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; GEOGRIDS; NEW SPECIMEN; NON-LINEAR CREEP; PRIMARY CREEP; SINGLE SPECIMEN; STEPPED ISOTHERMAL METHODS; TENSILE CREEP; TENSILE CREEP BEHAVIOR; TEREPHTHALATE; TERTIARY CREEP; TEST METHOD; TEST RESULTS; TIME TEMPERATURE SUPERPOSITION; ULTIMATE TENSILE STRENGTH; WEIBULL MODELS;

ACCELERATION CONTROL; CREEP; CREEP TESTING; PLASTIC BOTTLES; POLYETHYLENES; STRAIN RATE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TESTING; THERMOPLASTICS;

ACTIVATION ENERGY;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CREEP; GEOMEMBRANE; GEOTEXTILE; LINEARITY; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLYMER; REINFORCED EARTH; SOIL REINFORCEMENT; TENSILE STRENGTH; WEIBULL THEORY;

EID: 77956185862     PISSN: 02661144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geotexmem.2009.12.003     Document Type: Article

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