Numerical analysis of tensile behavior of geogrids with rectangular and triangular apertures

Geotextiles and Geomembranes

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 83-91

  Dong, Yan Li ^a,b   Han, Jie ^b   Bai, Xiao Hong ^a  

^a TAIYUAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b University of Kansas   (United States)

Author keywords

Geogrid; Polymeric material; Stress strain relation; Tensile behavior; Triangular aperture

Indexed keywords

GEOGRIDS; POLYMERIC MATERIAL; STRESS-STRAIN RELATION; TENSILE BEHAVIORS; TRIANGULAR APERTURE;

BUILDING MATERIALS; ELASTIC MODULI; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; POLYMERS; STIFFNESS; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES;

TENSILE STRENGTH;

ELASTIC MODULUS; FLAC; GEOSYNTHETICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; POLYMER; STIFFNESS; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TENSILE STRENGTH; UNIAXIAL STRENGTH;

EID: 79954578643     PISSN: 02661144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geotexmem.2010.10.007     Document Type: Article

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