Investigation of factors influencing behavior of single geocell-reinforced bases under static loading

Geotextiles and Geomembranes

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 570-578

  Pokharel, Sanat K ^a   Han, Jie ^a   Leshchinsky, Dov ^b   Parsons, Robert L ^a   Halahmi, Izhar ^c  

^a University of Kansas   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c PRS Mediterranean Ltd   (Israel)

Author keywords

Base course; Bearing capacity; Geocell; Geosynthetic reinforcement; Settlement; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

BASE COURSE; CIRCULAR SHAPE; ELLIPTICAL SHAPES; GEOCELLS; GEOSYNTHETIC REINFORCEMENT; GEOSYNTHETICS; INFILL MATERIALS; LATERAL CONFINEMENT; MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES; RIVER SANDS; SCALE EFFECTS; SETTLEMENT; STATIC LOADING; TEST RESULTS; ULTIMATE LOAD CAPACITY;

ADHESION; BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); REINFORCEMENT; SAFETY FACTOR; STIFFNESS;

BEARING CAPACITY;

BEARING CAPACITY; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOSYNTHETICS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLYMER; SOIL REINFORCEMENT; SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; STIFFNESS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 78249241166     PISSN: 02661144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geotexmem.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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