Behavior of triangular aperture geogrid-reinforced bases under static loading

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

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1547-1550

  Dong, Y L ^a,b   Han, J ^b   Qian, Y ^b   Bai, X H ^a  

^a TAIYUAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b University of Kansas   (United States)

Author keywords

Base; Plate load test; Reinforcement; Static loading; Triangular aperture geogrid

Indexed keywords

LOAD TESTING; REINFORCEMENT;

BASE; CROSS-MACHINE DIRECTIONS; GEOGRIDS; LATERAL CONFINEMENT; MACHINE DIRECTIONS; PLATE LOAD TESTS; STATIC LOADING; TRIANGULAR APERTURE;

GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 84906903730     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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