...J. Derksen; R. Fuentes; M. Ziegler This paper presents interaction experiments with transparent soil to investigate the load transfer at the interface of different geosynthetic reinforcements. Microscopic interaction performance was evaluated in terms of mobilised tensile loads and interfacial...

...J.-F. Chen; X.-P. Guo; J.-F. Xue; P.-H. Guo A number of loading tests were performed in the laboratory on strip footings resting on unreinforced and geotextile reinforced transparent soils. Fused silica sand and white oil were used to manufacture the transparent soils. Reinforcement layers...

... including the entire displacement field in both geogrid and surrounding soil. The techniques involve the use of transparent soil with laser-aided imaging, which allows visualization and facilitates subsequent evaluation of the load-transfer mechanisms that develop between soil particles and the different...

... 500 25 27 10 500 26 27 0.1 500 ^a Normal stress due to 150 mm-depth of transparent soil that was used to cover all embedded geogrid specimens plus air bag inflation pressure. ^b Nominal length. Tests A2 and 01 were 2058 and 2050 mm long, respectively. All...