The influence of geogrid aperture size on the behavior of reinforced granular bases

Geomechanics and Geotechnics: From Micro to Macro - Proceedings of the International Symposium on Geomechanics and Geotechnics: From Micro to Macro, IS-Shanghai 2010

Volumn 1, Issue , 2011, Pages 683-687

  Han, Jie ^a   Bhandari, Anil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregate; Aperture size; Cyclic load; DEM; Geogrid; Rotation

Indexed keywords

APERTURE SIZES; BASE COURSE; COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE; DEM; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD (DEM); EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; GEOGRIDS; INTRINSIC CAPACITY; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PARTICLE FLOW CODE; RAMP LOAD; RELATIVE SIZES;

CYCLIC LOADS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GEOMECHANICS; GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIALS; REINFORCEMENT; ROTATION;

AGGREGATES;

EID: 84859939380     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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