Experimental study on bearing capacity of geocell-reinforced bases

Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields - Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on the Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages 1159-1166

  Pokharel, S K ^a   Han, J ^a   Parsons, R L ^a   Qian, Y ^a   Leshchinsky, D ^b   Halahmi, I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c PRS Mediterranean Ltd   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASE COURSE; BASE-COURSE MATERIALS; DESIGN METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; GEOCELL REINFORCEMENT; GEOCELLS; GEOSYNTHETICS; INFILL MATERIALS; LABORATORY TEST; PERMANENT DEFORMATIONS; REPEATED LOADING; RIVER SANDS; SOIL CONFINEMENT; STIFFNESS IMPROVEMENT; SURFACE DEFORMATION;

ELASTIC DEFORMATION; LOADING; QUARRIES; RAILROADS; REINFORCEMENT; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; SOIL TESTING; STIFFNESS;

BEARING CAPACITY;

EID: 84859893950     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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