Tests were performed on models of reinforced and unreinforced levees in order to compare levee stability during horizontal and vertical deformations of the soil base. It was shown that reinforcement of levees can greatly increase their stability.
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Translated from Osnovaniya, Fundamenty i Mekhanika Gruntov, No. 3, pp. 8-10, May-June, 2015.
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Zhussupbekov, A.Z., Tanaka, T. & Aldungarova, A.K. Model Tests of the Influence of Reinforcement on Levee Stability. Soil Mech Found Eng 52, 131–134 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11204-015-9318-8
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