... established for the RSSs with various backfills and initial conditions and compared with the regional I–D–F curves to provide a simplified and robust method for facilitating backfill selection and assessing the failure risk of RSSs. Geosynthetics Geosynthetic-reinforced soil Marginal backfill Rainfall...

... settlement) 26 02 2018 01 08 2018 07 08 2018 © 2019 Thomas Telford Ltd 2019 Many experimental and numerical studies have been performed to understand the behavior and performance of GRS structures with marginal backfills, especially under rainfall or seepage conditions (Iryo...

...J.K. Mitchell; J.G. Zornberg Experimental studies on poorly draining soil-reinforcement interactions were reviewed in a companion paper by Zornberg and Mitchell in 1994, leading to the conclusion that permeable geosynthetic inclusions are useful for reinforcing marginal backfills. This conclusion...

..., and creep response of geosynthetics embedded in marginal soils are also addressed. There is strong experimental evidence that permeable inclusions can effectively reinforce clay structures. Soil Reinforcement Marginal Backfill Cohesive Backfill Triaxial Tests Pullout Tests Shearbox Tests...