A comparison of static and cyclic loading responses of foundations on geocell-reinforced sand

Geotextiles and Geomembranes

Volumn 32, Issue , 2012, Pages 55-68

  Moghaddas Tafreshi, S N ^a   Dawson, A R ^b  

^a K N TOOSI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foundation settlement; Geocell reinforcement; Plastic shakedown; Repeated loads; Resilient behaviour; Strip footing

Indexed keywords

FOUNDATION SETTLEMENT; GEOCELL REINFORCEMENT; PLASTIC SHAKEDOWN; REPEATED LOADS; RESILIENT BEHAVIOUR; STRIP FOOTING;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; REINFORCEMENT; STIFFNESS;

LOADING;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYCLIC LOADING; FOOTING; FOUNDATION; GEOSYNTHETICS; LABORATORY METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; RESILIENCE; SANDY SOIL; SOIL REINFORCEMENT; STATIC RESPONSE; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE;

EID: 84856414141     PISSN: 02661144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geotexmem.2011.12.003     Document Type: Article

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