Performance of triangular aperture geogrid-reinforced base courses over weak subgrade under cyclic loading

Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1013-1021

  Qian, Yu ^a   Han, Jie ^b   Pokharel, Sanat K ^c,d   Parsons, Robert L ^b  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b University of Kansas   (United States)

^c Paradox Access Solutions Inc   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aperture; Base; Cyclic loading; Deformation; Geogrid; Stress; Subgrade.

Indexed keywords

APERTURE; BASE; GEOGRIDS; GEOTECHNICAL TESTING; LINEAR ELASTIC THEORY; MAXIMUM VERTICAL STRESS; PERMANENT DEFORMATIONS; SUBGRADE;

AGGREGATES; CYCLIC LOADS; DEFORMATION; REINFORCEMENT; STRESS CONCENTRATION; STRESSES;

GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIALS;

BASE COURSE; BIAXIAL TEST; CYCLIC LOADING; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; GEOSYNTHETICS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SOIL REINFORCEMENT; STIFFNESS; STRESS FIELD; SUBGRADE; UNIAXIAL TEST;

EID: 84881362923     PISSN: 08991561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0000577     Document Type: Article

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