Earth Reinforcement, volume 2

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

• Volume II: Opening and closing ceremonies; Opening ceremony ; Closing ceremony ; Special lecture; Geosynthetic materials with improved reinforcement capabilities; Keynote lectures; Review of seismic design, analysis and performance of geosynthetic reinforced walls, slopes and embankments; Application of geosynthetics to embankment on soft ground and reclamation using soft soils; Design of reinforced excavations and natural slopes using new European Codes; Special reports; Performance of geosynthetic-reinforced slopes and walls during the Northridge, California Earthquake of January 17,1994; Performance of reinforced soil structures during the 1995 Hyogo-ken Nanbu Earthquake; Embankments; Chairman’s report: Embankments; Discussion leader’s report: Embankments; Wall structures; Chairman’s report: Wall structures; Discussion leader’ s report: Wall structures; Foundations; Discussion leader’ s report: Foundations; Slopes and excavation; Discussion leader’ s report: Slopes and excavations; Summary discussion ‘Testing methods'; Chairman’s report: Testing methods ; The monitoring of soil reinforcements’ durability: Thoughts about experience and needs; Proposed method to determine the safety capacity of reinforced soil structures during the lifetime; Residual strength: An alternative to stress-rupture for earth reinforcement design; Summary discussion ‘Design methods'; Chairman’s report: Design methods; Summary of discussions; Geosynthetic reinforced soil: Evolution of design methods in the USA; A search for reliability of the mechanism of geotextile-reinforced soil wall; VI Design assumptions and actual behavior in soil nailing; Finite element analysis on earth reinforcement - Current and future; Limit state design of reinforced soils; Soil reinforcement applications: Promising directions for the future; Asian Technical Committee reports on earth reinforcement Asian Technical Committee for earth reinforcement - Review of current state in earth reinforcement practice; Testing methods of reinforcements for use in reinforced soil structures; Present state and perspective of design methods of reinforced soil structures; Current state on numerical analysis of reinforced soil structures; Miscellaneous.