Geosynthetic-encased stone columns: Analytical calculation model

Geotextiles and Geomembranes

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-39

  Pulko, Boštjan ^a   Majes, Bojan ^a   Logar, Janko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Elasto plastic solution; Geosynthetic encasement; Settlement prediction; Soil improvement; Stone columns

Indexed keywords

ELASTO-PLASTIC SOLUTION; GEOSYNTHETICS; SETTLEMENT PREDICTION; SOIL IMPROVEMENT; STONE COLUMN;

ELASTICITY; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FORECASTING; PLASTICS; SETTLEMENT OF STRUCTURES; SOILS; STIFFNESS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; COLUMN; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOSYNTHETICS; GROUND SETTLEMENT; SOIL IMPROVEMENT; STIFFNESS;

EID: 78549282052     PISSN: 02661144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geotexmem.2010.06.005     Document Type: Article

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