Effect of infill material on the performance of geocell-reinforced bases

9th International Conference on Geosynthetics - Geosynthetics: Advanced Solutions for a Challenging World, ICG 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1503-1506

  Han, J ^a   Pokharel, S K ^a   Parsons, R L ^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

Base course; Geocell; Geosynthetic reinforcement; Plate load test

Indexed keywords

BEARING CAPACITY; ELASTIC DEFORMATION; GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIALS; STIFFNESS;

BASE COURSE; EXPERIMENT STUDY; GEOCELLS; GEOSYNTHETIC REINFORCEMENT; LATERAL CONFINEMENT; PERMANENT DEFORMATIONS; PLATE LOAD TESTS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE;

REINFORCEMENT;

EID: 84906896556     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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