openalexFrontiers in Built Environment2026-07-24
Calculation of effective constitutive stiffness matrices for a geocell layer and analysis of reinforcement mechanisms in geocell-reinforced embankments
Changjun Yin, Ahmed Adam Khalifa Gowi, Yi Luo, Mingzhe Zhai, Junjia Shi, Zhiyong Sun
In this study, by incorporating the transverse shear stiffness matrix <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" id="m29"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi mathvariant="bold">E</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> derived from unit-cell analysis, the geocell layer in geocell-reinforc…