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SOIL STRENGTHENING USING RANDOMLY DISTRIBUTED MESH ELEMENTS. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ELEVENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SOIL MECHANICS AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING, SAN FRANCISCO, 12-16 AUGUST 1985
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EngineeringSoil MechanicsMechanical EngineeringGranular MediumSoil StabilitySan FranciscoSoil MechanicGeotechnical EngineeringSoil Dynamics12-16 August 1985RheologySoil EngineeringMesh ElementsSoil CompactionFoundation EngineeringGranular SoilUnsaturated Soil MechanicsCivil EngineeringSoil StructurePolymeric Mesh ElementsGeomechanicsMechanics Of Materials
The paper considers the influence of randomly distributed polymeric mesh elements on the strength of a granular soil. Their action is to interlock particles and groups of particles together to form a coherent matrix. 150 mm diameter drained triaxial tests and small scale footing tests both show that the mesh elements improve the strength of the soil at all strain levels, even very small strains. For the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD 287689. (Author/TRRL)