... followed by a sudden drop to zero at full degradation of the geogrid. Geosynthetics Geogrid Soil reinforcement In-isolation stiffness In-soil stiffness Stiffness improvement factor HDPE PET Degradation Thermal-oxidative ageing Oven ageing UN SDG 11: Sustainable cities and communities...

..., 0.020 Hz, and 0.015 Hz were used at load amplitudes of 20%, 40%, 60%, and 80% T_ult respectively. 20 11 2023 06 05 2024 © 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited 2025 Geosynthetics Cyclic loading Subgrade strength Recovered geogrids Soil reinforcement Geogrid...

...S. N. Moghaddas Tafreshi; A. Rafiezadeh Malekshah; M. Rahimi; A.R. Dawson This study proposes reusing post-consumer soil-filled PET (polyethylene terephthalate) bottles as a novel soil reinforcing element by conducting a laboratory-scale experimental investigation. The concept is that the polymer...

... of friction (°) 38° Angle of friction between sand and reinforcement layer (°) 26° 15 05 2018 27 12 2018 13 01 2019 © 2019 Thomas Telford Ltd 2019 Geosynthetics Arching of soil Cyclic loading Piled embankment Shallow embankment Soil heaving Soil reinforcement...

... a novel soil strengthening process that also promises an effective route to combat climate change through sequestration of CO₂. © 2017 Thomas Telford Ltd 2017 Geosynthetics Soil reinforcement Wollastonite microfibres Ground improvement Carbonation process Discrete fibre...

... et al. 2006 ; Zhang et al. 2007) or on geotextile anchorages (Briançon et al. 2008). More complex loading conditions or soil reinforcement have been simulated using DEM: Bhandari and Han (2010) investigated the interaction between a geotextile and soil under a cyclic...

... stresses Soil reinforcement The stability and durability of geosynthetics when used in a reinforced earth structure depends partly on the efficiency of the anchors holding the geosynthetic sheets. The role of the anchor is to withstand the tension generated in geosynthetic sheets by the structure...

...), foundation soil and geocell infill (sand and clay) and loading shape (circular, rectangular and strip). This paper proposes a bearing capacity calculation method for soil reinforced with geocell by considering the main mechanisms of resistance development in geocell to achieve a more accurate result than...

... Geosynthetics Soil reinforcement Fibres Triaxial tests Hardening Aspect ratio Randomly distributed fibres within a sand mass improve the load–deformation characteristics by creating an inter-locking mesh of fibres that distribute loads throughout the soil mass through fibre/sand particle surface...

... Bridge abutment Soil reinforcement Geocomposite Soil collapse Drainage Poor subsurface drainage and backfill instability have been found to cause widespread performance problems with bridge approach pavement systems, and warrant the development and evaluation of new design and construction...

... for the study of soil–reinforcement interaction. Figure 1 shows schematically the applicability of some test methods depending on the region considered in a reinforced soil structure (Palmeira and Milligan 1989a). Interface direct shear tests can be used to evaluate direct sliding of the soil...

... demonstrate that geocell reinforcement is the most advantageous soil reinforcement technique of those investigated. With the provision of geocell reinforcement, failure was not observed even at a settlement equal to about 45% of the footing width and a load as high as eight times the ultimate capacity...

...-222-2508, Telefax: 1/612-631-9334 2002 Soil reinforcement Shear strength Centrifuge Design Technical Paper by J.G. Zornberg PEAK VERSUS RESIDUAL SHEAR STRENGTH IN GEOSYNTHETIC-REINFORCED SOIL DESIGN ABSTRACT: Current design guidelines for geosynthetic-reinforced soil structures disagree...

...-9334 2002 Soil Reinforcement Bridge abutment Field monitoring Geogrid Instrumentation Technical Paper by N. Abu-Hejleh, J.G. Zornberg, T. Wang, and J. Watcharamonthein MONITORED DISPLACEMENTS OF UNIQUE GEOSYNTHETIC-REINFORCED SOIL BRIDGE ABUTMENTS ABSTRACT: A geosynthetic-reinforced soil...

.... Second, design validation of instrumented case histories is performed. KEYWORDS: Soil reinforcement, Geosynthetic, Standard, Design, Case history, Partial factor. AUTHORS: J.P. Gourc and R. Arab, Lirigm, University J.F. Grenoble 1, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, France, Telephone: 33/4-76-82-80-90, Telefax: 33...

...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...

... International, 1801 County Road B West, Roseville, Minnesota 55113-4061, USA, Telephone: 1/612-222-2508, Telefax: 1/612-631-9334 1995 Membrane effect Soil reinforcement Bearing capacity Soil structure interaction Technical Paper by R.D. Espinoza and J.D. Bray AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO EVALUATING...

... and economical structure should address two aspects specific to poorly draining backfills: the cohesive soil-reinforcement interaction and the reinforcement drainage characteristics. The present paper focuses on experimental and analytical studies undertaken to evaluate these issues. Tensile strength, durability...

... Road B West, Roseville, Minnesota 55113-4061, USA, Telephone: 1/612-222-2508, Telefax: 1/612-631-9334 1994 soil reinforcement geogrids slopes field measurements clay ...