Title:
Reinforced soil engineering : advances in research and practice
Series:
Civil and environmental engineering ; 14
Publication Information:
New York : Marcel Dekker, 2003
ISBN:
9780824742546
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Summary
Summary
This one-of-a-kind reference evaluates the efficacy, stability, and strength of various soil walls, slopes, and structures enhanced by geosynthetic materials. Offering stimulating contributions from more than 50 leading specialists in the field, Reinforced Soil Engineering compiles recent innovations in design layout, controlled construction, and geosynthetic material implementation for improved cost-efficiency, maintenance, and functioning in civil engineering applications. The book focuses on geotechnical earthquake issues and case histories from countries including the United States, Canada, Japan, Taiwan, Turkey, and other European nations.
Table of Contents
Preface | p. iii |
Contributors | p. ix |
1. Civil and Environmental Applications of Geosynthetics | p. 1 |
2. Performance Properties of Geogrids | p. 19 |
3. Unit Cell Testing of Reinforced Soils | p. 37 |
4. Modeling the Time-Dependent Behavior of Geosynthetically Reinforced Soil Structures with Cohesive Backfill | p. 69 |
5. Issue and Nonissue in Block Walls as Implied Through Computer-Aided Design | p. 85 |
6. Application of Sliding Block Concept to Geosynthetic-Constructed Facilities | p. 95 |
7. Failure of an 8-Meter-High Segmental Block Wall in the Northeast United States | p. 113 |
8. Displacement Monitoring at Verrand High Reinforced Soil Structure | p. 123 |
9. U.K. Case Study: Bluewater Retail and Leisure Destination Reinforced Soil Slopes to Form Steep-Sided New Lakes | p. 137 |
10. State of the Practice: Past, Current, and Future Perspectives of Reinforced Soil Retaining Structures in Turkey | p. 153 |
11. Recent Experiences of Reinforced Soil Retaining Structures in China | p. 165 |
12. Large-Scale Reinforced Clay Walls Backfilled with Clay at Cheng Kung University | p. 187 |
13. Geotextile Reinforced Abutments on Soft Foundation | p. 221 |
14. Geosynthetic Reinforcement in the Mitigation of Pipeline Flotation | p. 237 |
15. Practice and Research of Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil Walls in Australia | p. 253 |
16. Geosynthetic Reinforced Containment Dike Constructed over Soft Foundation: Numerical Analysis | p. 283 |
17. Post-Earthquake Investigation of Several Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil Retaining Walls and Slopes During Ji-Ji Earthquake of Taiwan | p. 297 |
18. Model Tests of Seismic Stability of Several Types of Soil Retaining Walls | p. 317 |
19. Performance of Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil Wall and Reinforced Earth Wall Subject to Blast Loading: Experimental and Numerical Study | p. 359 |
20. Shaking Table Tests of Embankment Models Reinforced with Geotextiles | p. 391 |
21. Centrifuge Modeling of Seismic Performance of Reinforced Earth Structures | p. 417 |
22. Performance and Analysis of Arifiye Overpass Reinforced Earth Walls During the 1999 Kocaeli (Turkey) Earthquake | p. 443 |
23. Dynamic Simulation of the Reinforced Slope Failure at Chi-Nan University During the 1999 Chi-Chi Earthquake | p. 465 |
24. A Compact Probabilistic Representation of the Chi-Chi Earthquake Ground Motion | p. 481 |
25. A Critical Review of Full-Scale Shaking Table Tests Conducted on Reinforced Soil Retaining Walls | p. 491 |
Index | p. 511 |