Earth Reinforcement Volume 1

Hidetoshi Ochiai, Noriyuki Yayashi, Kiyoshi Omine, all from the Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.

• Volume I: Preface 1 Testing and materials, Analysis of geotextile-soil interaction in pull-out tests, Experimental investigation of shearing behavior at cohesive soil-geotextile interfaces, The connection strength of masonry block faced retaining walls, The creep behavior of geotextiles under confined and unconfined conditions, Dynamic reinforcing effect of reinforced sands, Performance and creep characteristics of synthetic geogrids following hot dry climate, Displacement controlled pullout test of geotextile in granular soil, Dilatancy effects of granular soil on the pullout resistance of strip reinforcement, Long term testing of polyester yam and product at 50°C and 23°C in different environments, Use of decomposed granite soils as backfill for reinforced earth structures, Elastic considerations of field pull-out tests of polymer strip reinforcement, Improvement of mechanical properties of continuous fiber reinforced sand, A three-parameter model for the ultimate pull-out force of geogrids, The study of reinforced soil and modeling test, Experimental analysis o f friction between sand and reinforcing elements using ring simple 7shear tests, Pullout tests on geogrids buried in lateritic soils, Pull-out tests for the assessment of soil-geogrids interaction - Influence of some mechanical and physical parameters, Mechanical characteristics of geosynthetic-enveloped soils, Bearing mechanism of steel grid reinforcement in pullout test in Erosion resistance properties of fiber-reinforced soil, Reinforced soil failure: Analysis at the biaxial compression test, Short and long term behaviour of geogrids under static and cyclic load, Some factors affecting the results of soil-geogrid direct shear test,In-soil tensile behaviour of geotextiles confined by fine soils , Effect of normal pressure and width of geosynthetic horizontal drain in pullout behaviour using saturated clay, Comparative study and measurement of the pull-out capacity o f extensible and inextensible reinforcements, A new experimental device for determining reinforcement mechanisms in soil nails, Durability of galvanized steel reinforcements as a function of their shape, Finite element analysis of a reinforced soil, An investigation of the durability of the soil nailing method, Strain-controlled pull-out tests on bamboo culm embedded in quarry dust, Application of screw anchor to side shoring of two foundation pits 2 Embankments, Chilean experiences with geosynthetics in embankments, Effects of reinforcement rigidity on the behavior o f reinforced soil wall-embankment system on soft ground, Limit design of earth reinforcement methods considering displacement field, Dynamic response analysis of geogrid reinforced steep embankment subjected to an earthquake, Creep behavior of laboratory embankment reinforced with geogrid, Geogrid reinforced railway embankment on piles - Monitoring, In situ failure test of high water content soft clay embankments reinforced by GHDs, Direction and magnitude of reinforcement force in embankments on soft soils, Geosynthetic-reinforced soil retaining wall using clay on a very soft ground for Hokuriku bullet train yard in Nagano, Some factors affecting the structural performance of reinforced fills spanning voids, Importance of strong motion in the design of earth reinforcement, Effect of geogrid stiffness on the resistance behavior of reinforced embankment under loading, Experimental evaluation of reinforcement in geogrid-soil structure, Numerical simulation of beam-shaped soil structure reinforced by geosynthetics, A case history of the construction of a reinforced high embankment on an extra soft ground, Centrifugal and finite element modelling of reinforced embankments on soft clay, Behavior of reinforced earth embankments on liquefiable sandy ground, A partial factor approach for reinforced fill slope design in Hong Kong, Application of the velocity field method to stability analysis of earth reinforcement, Review of design temperature for reinforced fill slopes in Hong Kong, 3 Wall structures, The need for standard safety factors in the determination of allowable tensile loads, Mechanism of reinforcement from two field trials, Use of double wedge equilibrium for reinforced earth structures design, Construction and performance o f an experimental large scale wall reinforced with geosynthetics, Reinforced earth seawalls at Sydney Airport, Prediction of reinforced soil retaining wall deformations: A review of two procedures, Effects of the transition zone in a nailed wall model test, The effect of compaction on model fabric reinforced brick faced earth retaining walls, Reinforced earth walls withstand Northridge Earthquake, The influence of the construction method on the behaviour of geosynthetic reinforced walls, A numerical study, Design of geocells reinforced soil structures through a homogenization method and a finite, difference method: Comparison and charts, Assessment of geogrids for soil reinforcement in Hong Kong, Case history study on the application of reinforced earth technology in the loess area of China , Infiltration tests on reinforced clay wall and test embankment, Stability and deformation of geosynthetic reinforced soil retaining wall, Design construction and monitoring of reinforced soil wall, Internal stability analysis and deformation prediction for fabric reinforced earth structure, The performance of reinforced earth structures in the vicinity of Kobe during the Great Hanshin Earthquake, Classification of reinforced soil structures based on their possible failure mode, The study of the technique against the sliding of reinforced soil walls on soft subgrade, The design of a very high reinforced earth retaining wall, Towards a limit state design specification for reinforced soil walls, Innovative facing for a 24 meter high Terre Armee wall near Pont de Normandie, Field performance of a geotextile reinforced soil wall with concrete facing blocks, FEM comparative analysis of facing rigidity of geotextile-reinforced soil walls, Earthquake resistance of geogrid-reinforced soil walls based on a study conducted following the southern Hyogo earthquake, Centrifugal model test for a stability of the reinforced retaining wall considering three dimensional shape effect, Damage performance of steel-reinforced earth structures in the 1995 Hyogoken-Nambu Earthquake, Creep behaviour of model fabric reinforced brick faced earth retaining walls, Cohesive soil retaining walls reinforced with geotextile, Use of reinforced fill structures in Hong Kong, Analysis of anchored retaining walls, Design, construction and performance of a 40 m high reinforced fill wall in Hong Kong, Some insights into reinforced wall behaviour based on finite element analysis, Performance of a steel strip reinforced wall, Shear-lag analysis of a geosynthetic reinforced soil wall, Anchored earth breast wall for a site in the sub-Himalayan region, Design and construction of the Terratrel Ro-Ro ramp for Second Severn Crossing, Behaviour of geogrid reinforced earth retaining walls, Design and performance of three reinforced earth tiered walls, Construction of reinforced earth retaining structures on Ratnapura-Wewelwatte road in Sri Lanka, Full-scale failure experiments of geotextile-reinforced soil walls with different facings, Active earth pressures on walls retaining geogrid-reinforced soil, Performance of preloaded and prestressed geosynthetic-reinforced soil, Performance o f a geosynthetic segmental block wall structure to support bridge abutments, The research about designing method of vertical reinforced slopes, Development o f horizontal earth pressures and behaviour of single and multi segmented walls A design approach to geosynthetic reinforced slopes for the agriculture saving heat room , 4 Foundations, Reinforced earth in pipeline construction, The use of geotextiles to improve the structural stability of fill materials for Bandar Abbas runway construction, Full scale laboratory testing on geosynthetics reinforced paved roads, Bearing capacity of strip foundation on geogrid-reinforced clay slope, The influence o f dimensional analysis on the interpretation of model loading tests of reinforced ground, Effect of bending stiffness o f geotextiles on bearing capacity improvement of soft clay, Behavior of sand replacement with geo-net on reclaimed marine clay, Bearing capacity of sand foundation reinforced by geonet, Use of geosynthetics for strengthening road surface and subbase in areas with the mining Activity, Laboratory testing of reinforced unpaved roads, Bearing capacity o f inclined loaded footing on geotextile reinforced two-layer soil system Shaking table tests on floatation of buried pipes in backfilled sand layer reinforced with geotextiles, Numerical study on uplift bearing capacity of caisson type pile with reinforcing bars, , A study on the reinforcing effects of geogrids overlaid on pile group for the embankment foundations, Bearing capacity analysis of reinforced ground, Experimental study on localized deformation behavior of reinforced foundation ground, An application of base sheet in a highway embankment: A case study in Thailand, Semi-rigid piled-raft system for soft subsiding ground, Settlement of embankment on reinforced granular fill - Soft soil system, A finite element approach to the strength of granular soils reinforced with geosynthetics, Tensile force distribution along the reinforcement for reinforced soil foundations, In-site investigation and numerical estimation for bearing capacity improvement of very soft ground reinforced with geotextiles, Foundation method combining clay-cement mixture with geogrid, Localized deformation analysis of reinforced foundation ground, Evaluation of the bearing capacity improvement of geogrid mattress foundations, Design of reinforced foundations by the slip-line method, 5 Slopes and excavations, Stability analysis of reinforced soil structures introducing some linear constraint conditions upon the 3-D velocity field, An innovative solution to the stabilisation of the Caimmuir Landslide incorporating reinforced earth, Deep seated stability of soil nailing walls, A design method for the ‘reticulated pile structure’ for the stabilization of slopes and excavations, Instrumentation and monitoring of a nailed mine-waste slope, Parametric numerical analyses of soil nailing systems, Earth reinforcement application for hazardous waste containment, Comparison of different design concepts in slope stability analysis of geosynthetic reinforced Slopes, Ballistic soil nailing, The effect of bending stiffness of soil nails on wall deformation, A large-scale experimental study of soil-nailed structures, In-situ test of reinforced volcanic ash with steel bars and panel facings, Stability analysis of reinforced slopes based on apparent cohesion method, Predicting seismic performance of geogrid-reinforced slopes, A new concept of seismic design of geosynthetic-reinforced soil structures: Permanent-displacement limit, Failure mechanism and effective reinforcement of granular soil slope, Instability patterns of reinforced-soil structures, Reaction of reinforcing force and restrainment effect on soil nailing, Seismic analysis of nailed soil slopes - A pseudo-dynamic approach, Repairing the landslide ‘Heroldsberg’, Germany, Dynamic failure of soil-nailed excavations in centrifuge, Stability analysis of slope reinforced by roots network, Insitu test of steel-nailing reinforcement for cut slope with alternating sandstone and mudstone, Instrumentation for centrifuge modeling of geotextile reinforced slopes.