Abstract: This paper describes an approximate analytical method for estimating the stresses in planar tensile reinforcements due to shearing of the surrounding soil mass. The proposed formulation adapts the techniques of shear‐lag ...

Abstract: This paper describes a new analysis for predicting the tensile stress distribution and load-elongation response in pullout tests performed on thin, extensible, planar soil reinforcements. The proposed formulation is based ...

Abstract: This paper presents results of laboratory pullout experiments with planar soil reinforcements that are used to evaluate the proposed shear-lag analyses described in a companion paper. Measurements of tensile stress ...