Stabilisation of slopes by vegetation reinforcement

Physical Modelling in Geotechnics, 6th ICPMG'06 - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Physical Modelling in Geotechnics

Volumn 1-2, Issue , 2006, Pages 317-323

  Bransby, M F ^a   Davies, M C R ^a   Mickovski, S B ^a   Sonnenberg, R ^a   Bengough, A G ^b   Hallett, P D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN METHOD; DIRECT SHEAR TEST; GEOTECHNICAL CENTRIFUGE MODEL TEST; INTERFACE PROPERTY; PULL-OUT; REINFORCED SOIL; ROOT SYSTEM; SLOPE REINFORCEMENT; SURROUNDING SOILS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CENTRIFUGATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SLOPE PROTECTION; SLOPE STABILITY; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; SOILS; VEGETATION;

SOIL TESTING;

EID: 84857754395     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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