Performance of geosynthetic reinforced slopes at failure

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 281-286

  Leshchinsky, Dov ^a   Dantas, Bruno T ^b   Ehrlich, Mauricio ^b   Zornberg, Jorge G ^c   Sitar, Nicholas ^d   Mitchell, James K ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c UCB 450   (United States)

^d Berkeley   (United States)

^e VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85001863170     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2000)126:3(281)     Document Type: Article

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