Technical Paper by A. Fakher and C.J.F.P. Jones WHEN THE ...

FAKHER & JONES • When Bending Stiffness of Geosynthetic Reinforcement is Important
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NOTATIONS
Basic SI units are given in parentheses.
B = width of footing (m)
C = shear strength of clay (Pa)
D = thickness of sand layer overlying reinforcement (m)
E = elastic modulus (Pa)
G = shear modulus (Pa)
I = second moment of area of reinforcement (m 4 )
K = bulk modulus (Pa)
s = settlement of footing (m)
X = distance from centre line of footing (m)
Y d = vertical displacement of the soil continuum (m)
ν = Poisson’s ratio (dimensionless)
φ = friction angle of sand (°)
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