Reinforced Soil Engineering (Advanced in Research and Practice): Hoe I. Ling, Dov Leshchinsky, Fumio Tatsuoka [MF]

This one-of-a-kind reference evaluates the efficacy, stability, and strength of various soil walls, slopes, and structures enhanced by geosynthetic materials. Offering stimulating contributions from more than 50 leading specialists in the field, Reinforced Soil Engineering compiles recent innovations in design layout, controlled construction, and geosynthetic material implementation for improved cost-efficiency, maintenance, and functioning in civil engineering applications. The book focuses on geotechnical earthquake issues and case histories from countries including the United States, Canada, Japan, Taiwan, Turkey, and other European nations.

Text evaluates the efficacy, stability, and strength of various soil walls, slopes, and structures enhanced by geosynthetic materials. Compiles recent innovations in design layout, controlled construction, and geosynthetic material implementation for improved cost-efficiency, maintenance, and functioning in civil engineering.

Table of Contents
Preface
Contributors
1 Civil and Environmental Applications of Geosynthetics 1
2 Performance Properties of Geogrids 19
3 Unit Cell Testing of Reinforced Soils 37
4 Modeling the Time-Dependent Behavior of Geosynthetically Reinforced Soil Structures with Cohesive Backfill 69
5 Issue and Nonissue in Block Walls as Implied Through Computer-Aided Design 85
6 Application of Sliding Block Concept to Geosynthetic-Constructed Facilities 95
7 Failure of an 8-Meter-High Segmental Block Wall in the Northeast United States 113
8 Displacement Monitoring at Verrand High Reinforced Soil Structure 123
9 U.K. Case Study: Bluewater Retail and Leisure Destination Reinforced Soil Slopes to Form Steep-Sided New Lakes 137
10 State of the Practice: Past, Current, and Future Perspectives of Reinforced Soil Retaining Structures in Turkey 153
11 Recent Experiences of Reinforced Soil Retaining Structures in China 165
12 Large-Scale Reinforced Clay Walls Backfilled with Clay at Cheng Kung University 187
13 Geotextile Reinforced Abutments of Soft Foundation 221
14 Geosynthetic Reinforcement in the Mitigation of Pipeline Flotation 237
15 Practice and Research of Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil Walls in Australia 253
16 Geosynthetic Reinforced Containment Dike Constructed over Soft Foundation: Numerical Analysis 283
17 Post-Earthquake Investigation of Several Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil Retaining Walls and Slopes During Ji-Ji Earthquake of Taiwan 297
18 Model Tests of Seismic Stability of Several Types of Soil Retaining Walls 317
19 Performance of Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil Wall and Reinforced Earth Wall Subject to Blast Loading: Experimental and Numerical Study 359
20 Shaking Table Tests of Embankment Models Reinforced with Geotextiles 391
21 Centrifuge Modeling of Seismic Performance of Reinforced Earth Structures 417
22 Performance and Analysis of Arifiye Overpass Reinforced Earth Walls During the 1999 Kocaeli (Turkey) Earthquake 443
23 Dynamic Simulation of the Reinforced Slope Failure at Chi-Nan University During the 1999 Chi-Chi Earthquake 465
24 A Compact Probabilistic Representation of the Chi-Chi Earthquake Ground Motion 481
25 A Critical Review of Full-Scale Shaking Table Tests Conducted on Reinforced Soil Retaining Walls 491
Index 511

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