Behavior of repeatedly loaded rectangular footings resting on reinforced sand

The paper presents a laboratory study of the effect of geosynthetic reinforcement on the cumulative settlement of repeatedly loaded rectangular model footings placed on reinforced sand. Repeated load tests were carried out with different initial monotonic load levels to simulate structures in which...

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Main Authors: Mostafa El Sawwaf, Ashraf Kamal Nazir
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2010-12-01
Series:Alexandria Engineering Journal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110016810000037