Experimental study of a shallow strip footing on geogrid-reinforced sand bed above a void

Geosynthetics International

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 178-195

  Tafreshi, S N Moghaddas ^a   Khalaj, O ^a   Halvaee, M ^a  

^a K N TOOSI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bearing pressure; Footing settlement; Geosynthetics; Reinforced soil; Strip footing; Underground void

Indexed keywords

GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIALS; REINFORCEMENT;

BEARING PRESSURE; FOOTING SETTLEMENT; GEOSYNTHETICS; REINFORCED SOIL; STRIP FOOTING; UNDERGROUND VOIDS;

SAND;

BEARING CAPACITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOTING; GEOSYNTHETICS; GROUND SETTLEMENT; REINFORCEMENT; SAND; VOID;

EID: 79961149012     PISSN: 10726349     EISSN: 17517613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/gein.2011.18.4.178     Document Type: Article

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