Geosynthetics in Civil and Environmental Engineering: Geosynthetics Asia 2008 Proceedings of the 4th Asian Regional Conference on Geosynthetics in Shanghai, China

Contents......Page 8
Fundamental Principles and Properties of Geosynthetics......Page 18
INVESTIGATING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CREEP AND WATER FLOW CAPACITY OF GEOSYNTHETICS......Page 19
STUDY ON VERTICAL PERMEABILITY COEFFICIENT OF NONWOVEN GEOTEXTILE......Page 24
DISCRETE ELEMENT MODELLING OF GEOGRID PULLOUT TEST......Page 27
STUDY ON THE WHOLE STABILITY ANALYSIS METHOD FOR REINFORCED SOFT FOUNDATION OF EMBANKMENT WITH GEOFABRIC......Page 31
STRESS RELAXATION BEHAVIORS OF NONWOVEN GEOTEXTILE COMPOSITES......Page 36
PREDICTION OF WEATHERABILITY OF GEOSYNTHETICS UNDER EXPOSURE CONDITIONS......Page 41
ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS CRACK RESISTANCE OF GEOMEMBRANE BY NCTL TEST......Page 46
WEATHERING DEGRADATION OF POLYESTER AND POLYPROPYLENE GEOTEXTILES......Page 51
EVALUATION OF GEOMEMBRANE UV DEGRADATION USING MELT FLOW INDEX AND OXIDATIVE INDUCTION TIME TESTS......Page 56
UV EXPOSURE OF POLYMERIC GEOMEMBRANES......Page 60
PROGRESSIVE FAILURE PROPERTIES OF SAND RETAINING WALL REINFORCED WITH DENTISTRIP INCLUSIONS......Page 65
EVALUATION ON STRESS CRACKING RESISTANCES OF VARIOUS HDPE DRAINAGE GEONETS......Page 70
INFLUENCE OF SOLUTION CHARACTERISTICS ON SWELLING AND HYDRAULIC PERFORMANCE OF GEOSYNTHETIC CLAY LINERS......Page 74
POST-CONSTRUCTION TIME HISTORY OF TENSILE FORCE IN GEOGRID ARRANGED IN A FULL SCALE HIGH WALL......Page 80
EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON CREEP PROPERTIES OF PLASTIC GEOGRID UNDER LOW TEMPERATURE......Page 86
THE USE OF BETA NUCLEATION TO IMPROVE THE PROPERTIES AND LOWER THE COST OF POLYPROPYLENE GEOGRIDS......Page 90
EFFECTS OF Y TYPE PP FIBERS AND HYDROXYETHYL METHYLCELLULOSE (HEMC) ON DRY-SHRINKAGE OF CEMENT MORTARS......Page 94
UNIFIED CONSTITUTIVE CURVES OF STRAIN-HARDENING MEDIUM AND STRAIN-SOFTENING MEDIUM......Page 98
Testing and Test Standards......Page 101
CHARACTERISTICS OF SELF-HEALING OF GCL......Page 102
DEVELOPMENT AND IMPORTANCE OF TESTING AND SPECIFICATION OF GEOSYNTHETICS......Page 106
PERMEABILITY TEST AND SHEAR TEST ON GEOSYNTHETIC CLAY LINER......Page 110
LONG-TERM PROTECTION EFFICIENCY OF NONWOVEN POLYPROPYLENE GEOTEXTILES......Page 114
STUDY ON CREEP STRENGTH TEST OF HIGH-STRENGTH GEOGRID......Page 120
DEVELOPMENT OF THERMO-GRAPH INSPECTION FOR GEOMEMBRANE SEAM EVALUATION......Page 125
UNDRAINED AND DRAINED TRIAXIAL TESTS OF FIBER-REINFORCED SAND......Page 129
ACCELERATED TESTING OF GEOSYNTHETICS FOR DESIGN AND MATERIAL CONFIRMATION SUPPORT......Page 136
CREEP TESTS OF GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS......Page 143
STUDY ON HYSTERESIS PROPERTIES OF PIEZOMETER TUBES USING CIRCULATING WATERMODEL......Page 147
Physical Tests and Centrifuge Tests......Page 151
EVALUATION OF INTERFACE PARAMETERS FROM PULLOUT TEST IN SILTY SAND AND WEATHERED CLAY......Page 152
PULLOUT BEHAVIOUR OF DIFFERENT GEOSYNTHETICS EMBEDDED IN GRANULAR SOILS......Page 159
PROTECTION EFFICIENCY OF NONWOVEN POLYPROPYLENE GEOTEXTILES AGAINST IMPACT DAMAGE......Page 164
STUDY ON DIRECT SHEAR TEST ON INTERFACE PERFORMANCE OF GEOGRID AND CORASE-GRAINED SOIL......Page 170
CENTRIFUGAL MODELING OF A GEOGRID-REINFORCED EMBANKMENT ON SOFT SUBSOIL......Page 175
DETERMINATION OF INTERFACE SHEAR STRENGTH OF GEOSYNTHETICS USING CENTRIFUGE......Page 181
EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF PULL-OUT RESISTANCE OF UNIAXIAL GEOGRIDS......Page 187
DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF CS-LB01 GEOSYNTHETICS PULLOUT TEST SYSTEM......Page 192
GEOTECHNICAL CENTRIFUGE EXPERIMENT AND FORCE ANALYSIS OF REINFORCED CUSHION WITH PILE CAP NET STRUCTURE EMBANKMENT......Page 198
CENTRIFUGE SHAKING TABLE TESTS ON SATURATED REINFORCED SOIL WALLS......Page 204
CENTRIFUGE MODELING ON FIBER REINFORCED FLY ASH SLOPE......Page 210
Reinforcement......Page 216
IMPORTANCE OF STRONG CONNECTION BETWEEN GEOSYNTHETIC REINFORCEMENT AND FACING FOR GRS INTEGRAL BRIDGE......Page 217
STUDY ON SEISMIC PERFORMANCE OF GEOGRID REINFORCED SOIL RETAINING WALLS AND DEFORMATION CHARACTERISTICS OF BACKFILL SOIL......Page 223
DEVELOPMENT OF REINFORCED EARTH WALL SYSTEM WITH STEEL-FRAMED FACING......Page 228
GEOGRID REINFORCED SEGMENTAL RETAINING WALL FOR NH5, DHARMAVARAM TO TUNI, ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA......Page 233
WETTING-INDUCED GEOSYNTHETIC REINFORCED SLOPE FAILURE......Page 241
SIMULATING PLANE STRAIN TESTS OF SAND SPECIMEN REINFORCED WITH H-V ORTHOGONAL INCLUSIONS BY PFC......Page 246
INVESTIGATION ON RESTRAINT EFFECT OF GEOGRIDS ON SHALLOW LAYER FAILURE OF EXPANSIVE SOIL SLOPE......Page 250
DETERMINATION OF CUT SLOPE REINFORCEMENT USING AHP TECHNIQUE......Page 256
GEOMETRY DESIGN METHOD CONSIDERING SURCHARGE LOAD BEHIND TIERED REINFORCED SOIL WALL......Page 261
STUDY ON THE GEOGRID REINFORCED SOIL RETAINING WALL OF CONCRETE RIGID FACE BY FIELD TEST......Page 267
EFFECT OF REINFORCED SAND CUSHION ON THE LIMIT FILL HEIGHT OF EMBANKMENT ON SOFT CLAY FOUNDATION......Page 273
APPLICATION OF THE GEOGRID REINFORCED SOIL RETAINING WALLS FOR A HIGH SLOPE SUPPORTING PROJECT......Page 278
USING FLAC[sup(3D)] NUMERICAL SIMULATION METHOD TO CHOOSE THE REINFORCED LENGTH OF THE SOIL RETAINING WALL......Page 283
UPPER-BOUND LIMIT ANALYSIS OF REINFORCED SLOPES FOR CLAY SOIL......Page 289
AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON THE EFFECT OF REINFORCING MATERIALS FOR THE STABILIZATION OF SOFT GROUND......Page 293
NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF GEOGRID REINFORCED LIGHTWEIGHT GEOMATERIALS ON SOFT GROUND AREA......Page 298
A STUDY ON THE DEFORMATION BEHAVIOR OF LABORATORY GEOSYNTHETICS REINFORCED SOIL WALLS......Page 303
REDUCED SCALE SHAKING TABLE TESTS ON GEOSYNTHETIC REINFORCED SOIL RETAINING WALLS......Page 307
A NUMERICAL MODEL FOR EPS GEOFOAM SEISMIC BUFFERS......Page 312
ELASTO-VISCOPLASTIC SIMULATION OF BEARING CAPACITY CHARACTERISTICS OF STRIP FOOTING ON REINFORCED SAND......Page 317
INFLUENCE OF INTERFERENCE ON FAILURE MECHANISM OF CLOSELY CONSTRUCTED CIRCULAR FOOTINGS ON REINFORCED SAND......Page 323
ANALYTICAL STUDY ON GEOTEXTILE-REINFORCED SOIL RETAINING WALLS DAMAGED DURING THE 2004 MID NIIGATA PREFECTURE JAPAN EARTHQUAKE......Page 330
INTERNAL STABILITY ANALYSIS OF SEGMENTAL GEOGRID-REINFORCED SOIL RETAINING WALLS......Page 334
BEARING CAPACITY OF RING FOOTINGS ON REINFORCED CLAY......Page 340
THE HORIZONTAL DEFORMATION STUDY ON THE GEOGRID REINFORCED EARTH RETIANING WALL......Page 344
COMPARE ANALYSIS OF INFLUENCE OF SOIL PROPERTY UPON GEOSYNTHETICS REINFORCEMENT EMBANKMENT......Page 348
DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A 20-METER HIGH REINFORCED SOIL RETAINING WALL......Page 354
Soil Improvement and Ground Improvement......Page 358
GEOSYNTHETIC REINFORCED POND ASH SUBGRADE FOR RURAL ROADS......Page 359
A STUDY ON SHEAR STRENGTH AND DEFORMATION OF SANDY SOIL REINFORCED WITH TIRE CORD WASTES......Page 365
THE USE OF GEOTEXTILE TO COUNTER HEAVE PROBLEM IN SPREAD FOOTING IN JORDANIAN EXPANSIVE SOIL......Page 370
TREAT CUT SLOPES WITH EXPANSIVE SOILS ADOPTING GEOGRID-REINFORCED TECHNIQUE......Page 374
EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON THE STRENGTH CHARACTERISTICS OF EXPANSIVE SOIL REINFORCED WITH SYNTHETIC FIBERS......Page 379
CHANGE OF FAILURE MECHANISM OF CEMENT TREATED CLAY BY ADDING TIRE CHIPS......Page 384
APPLICATION OF CEMENT-MIXED GRAVEL REINFORCED BY GEOGRID FOR SOFT GROUND IMPROVEMENT......Page 390
EFFECT OF POLYPROPYLENE FIBERS ON THE STRENGTH AND ELASTIC MODULUS OF SOILCEMENT......Page 396
EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION ON STRENGTH AND MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF COMPACTED SOIL-FIBER MIXTURES......Page 402
INFLUENCE OF SO[sub(3)] CONTENT ON THE STRENGTH OF CEMENT-FLY ASH STABILIZED CRUSHED-STONES......Page 408
Filter and Drainage Characteristics......Page 413
DRAINAGE CHARACTERISTICS OF REINFORCED DRAINAGE GEOTEXTILE FOR LANDFILL COLLECTION SYSTEM......Page 414
PILOT SCALE FIELD TEST FOR NATURAL FIBER DRAIN......Page 418
FILTRATION PERFORMANCE OF A SILT/GEOTEXTILE SYSTEM WITHIN A TRIAXIAL PERMEAMETER......Page 424
EVALUATION OF DISCHARGE CAPACITY WITH VARIOUS VERTICAL DRAIN CORE TYPES......Page 429
L-SHAPED GEODRAIN IN EMBANKMENT MODEL TEST AND NUMERICAL SIMULATION......Page 437
IN-SOIL HYDRAULIC TRANSMISSIVITY OF GEOSYNTHETIC DRAINS IN THE LABORATORY......Page 443
VACUUM-PVD COMBINATION WITH EMBANKMENT LOADING CONSOLIDATION IN SOFT BANGKOK CLAY: A CASE STUDY OF THE SUVARNABHUMI AIRPORT PROJECT......Page 449
THE PERFORMANCE OF ALTERNATIVE GEOCOMPOSITES FOR DRAINAGE UNDER LABORATORY AND FIELD CONDITIONS......Page 459
STRENGTH INCREASE OF PVD-IMPROVED SOFT CLAY UNDER STAGED EMBANKMENT LOADING......Page 465
RENOVATED VACUUM CONSOLIDATION WITH ELECTROOSMOSIS......Page 469
Landfill Engineering......Page 473
GEOSYNTHETICS COVER SYSTEM FOR THE REMEDIATION OF A DISMISSED INDUSTRIAL SITE IN MILANO......Page 474
LARGE-SCALE SHEAR TESTS ON INTERFACE SHEAR PERFORMANCE OF LANDFILL LINER SYSTEMS......Page 480
LEACHATE FILTER GEOTEXTILE AND APPLICATION FOR LAOGANG MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILL, SHANGHAI......Page 486
CASE HISTORY: KWAI CHUNG PARK VIADUCT AT GIN DRINKER\'S BAY LANDFILL, HONGKONG......Page 493
EVALUATION OF TENSILE FORCE OF LINER SYSTEM WITH THE VARIATION OF HEIGHT OF INCINERATED ASH......Page 499
EVALUATION OF CLAY GEOSYNTHETIC BARRIERS IN LANDFILL COVER SYSTEMS......Page 503
ABILITY OF CONCRETE ANCHORAGE FOR GEOMEMBRANE BARRIER IN LANDFILL......Page 509
INTERPRETATION OF INSTALLATION DAMAGE OF GEOGRIDS BY CONSIDERING ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS......Page 515
ANALYSIS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION EFFECTS OF WASTE LANDFILL ON GEOMEMBRANE PERFORMANCE......Page 520
VISUALIZATION OF CRACKS IN COMPACTED CLAYEY SOIL DUE TO USING X-RAY CT......Page 524
EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON THERMAL STRAIN CREATING IN BARRIER SHEET IN WASTE LANDFILL......Page 528
EVALUATING METHODS TO MODIFY THE CHEMICAL RESISTANCE OF GEOSYNTHETIC CLAY LINERS......Page 533
FLOATING COVER FOR LEACHATE LAGOON AT HANGZHOU......Page 539
GEOGRID REINFORCED SOIL STRUCTURES TO INCREASE LANDFILL CAPACITY......Page 543
MODELING OF REHABILITATION OF UNREGULATED SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS......Page 547
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SHORT-TERM COMPRESSION STRENGTH AND TRANSMISSIVITY PROPERTIES OF GEONETS......Page 553
GAS PERMEABILITY OF HYBRID GEOSYNTHETICS FOR LANDFILL CAP COVER......Page 559
ANALYSIS OF TENSION OF GEOMEMBRANES PLACED ON LANDFILL SLOPES......Page 565
INFLUENCE OF WASTE AND SUBGRADE SETTLEMENT ON LANDFILL LINIER STABILITY AND INTEGRITY......Page 571
ANALYSES OF GEOMEMBRANE AROUND CIRCULAR STRUCTURES......Page 576
NUMERICAL MODELING OF SMOOTH GEOMEMBRANE—SOIL INTERACTION SHEAR BEHAVIOUR BY DISTINCT ELEMENT METHOD......Page 582
NONLINEAR DIFFUSION OF SOLUTE IN SOIL COLUMN—TEST METHOD AND PRELIMINARY RESULT......Page 586
Geosystem Usage......Page 590
UNDRAINED SHEAR STRENGTH PREDICTION AND STABILITY ANALYSIS OF GEOCOMPOSITE REINFORCED EMBANKMENT WITH CLAYEY BACKFILL......Page 591
GEOTEXTILE TUBE APPLICATION AS THE COFFERDAM AT THE FORESHORE WITH LARGE TIDAL RANGE FOR INCHEON BRIDGE PROJECT......Page 597
CASE STUDY ON EARTH REINFORCEMENT USING SOILBAGS......Page 603
VERIFICATION OF VIBRATION REDUCTION CHARACTERISTICS WITH SOILBAG STRUCTURE......Page 609
APPLICATION OF STACKED SOILBAGS FOR SLOPE PROTECTION......Page 615
MODELLING GEOTEXTILE CONTAINER IN MARINE CONSTRUCTION USING GEOTECHNICAL CENTRIFUGE......Page 621
APPLICATION OF GEOTUBES USED AS ENERGY DISSIPATER BEHIND A DAM......Page 627
STUDY ON THE EXPERIMENT OF STABILITY OF UNARMORED FLAT GEOTUBE DIKE UNDER WAVE ACTION......Page 631
FLUME EXPERIMENT AND NUMERICAL ANALYSIS FOR BANK REINFORCEMENT WITH GEOCONTAINER......Page 636
Transportation Applications......Page 643
BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS OF REINFORCED SOIL RETAINING WALL UNDER CYCLIC LOADING......Page 644
HIGH GEOGRID- REINFORCED SOIL RETAINING WALLS FOR A NEW AIRPORT......Page 650
APPLICATION OF PREFABRICATED VERTICAL DRAINS TO THE CHANGI LAND RECLAMATION PROJECT, SINGAPORE......Page 656
STUDY OF BEHAVIOUR OF BALLAST USING GEOSYNTHETICS......Page 661
STUDY ON THE MECHANISM OF EMBANKMENT REINFORCED WITH GEOTEXTILE BY FINITE ELEMENT METHOD......Page 667
PRE-FAILURE PERFORMANCE AND FAILURE MECHANISM OF TWO TIER GEOSYNTHETIC REINFORCED SOIL WALL......Page 672
NUMERCIAL ANALYSIS OF GEOGRID AND PLASTIC DRAINAGE PLATE USED IN EXISTED RAILWAY ALTERATION PROJECT......Page 678
FEM ANALYSIS ON GEOGRID REINFORCED ASPHALT CONCRETE PAVEMENT......Page 682
DYNAMIC FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF REINFORCED AND UNREINFORCED PAVEMENTS OVER SOFT CLAY......Page 688
DEVELOPMENT OF ASPHALT OVERLAY FABRIC FROM JUTE AND ITS PERFORMANCE EVALUATION......Page 693
Geosynthetic-Pile Support Systems Sand Geocell Usage......Page 700
GERMAN RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REINFORCED EMBANKMENTS ON PILE-SIMILAR ELEMENTS......Page 701
DESIGN METHODS FOR PILE SUPPORTED BASAL REINFORCED EMBANKMENTS OVER SOFT CLAY......Page 707
THEORETICAL AND NUMERICAL ANALYSIS ON GEOSYNTHETIC-REINFORCED AND PILE WALL SUPPORTED EMBANKMENT......Page 713
CALCULATION TECHNIQUES AND DIMENSIONING OF ENCASED COLUMNS-DESIGN AND STATE OF THE ART......Page 722
FORMULA OF PILE-SOIL STRESS RATIO IN PILE (SAND PILE)-NET (GEOGRID) COMPOSITE GROUND......Page 728
PERFORMANCE OF ENCASED STONE COLUMNS AND DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR CONSTRUCTION ON SOFT CLAY SOILS......Page 733
ANALYSIS OF GEOSYNTHETIC REINFORCED STONE COLUMNS IN SOFT CLAY......Page 739
NUMERICAL ANALYSIS FOR MECHANISMS OF A GEOCELL-REINFORCED BASE UNDER A VERTICAL LOAD......Page 745
BEARING CAPACITY IMPROVEMENT OF ASPHALT PAVED ROAD CONSTRUCTIONS DUE TO THE USE OF GEOCELLS—FALLING WEIGHT DEFLECTOMETER AND VERTICAL STRESS MEASURESMENTS......Page 751
Hydraulic Applications......Page 758
DESIGN OF EARTH DAMS ALLOWING TEMPORARY OVERTOPPING BASED ON HYDRAULIC FAILURE EXPERIMENTS AND FLOOD ANALYSIS......Page 759
EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON THE INTERACTION MECHANISM BETWEEN GEOGRID AND EXPANSIVE ROCK BY PULL-OUT TEST......Page 765
HDPE LINED WATER RESERVOIRS FOR POWER GENERATING STATIONS......Page 771
GEOGRID REINFORCEMENT ON HIGH EMBANKMENT/SLOPE APPLICATION IN JINPING POWER STATION PROJECT......Page 777
IMPROVEMENT OF ARCH ACTION AT CLAY CORE-WALL OF HIGH ROCKFILL DAM BY UNITED SEEPAGE CONTROL WITH GEOMEMBRANE......Page 782
APPLICATION OF GEOSYNTHETICS FOR OFFSHORE BREAKWATERS AND COFFERDAMS......Page 787
RESEARCH ON AGEING RESISTANCE OF GEOTEXTILE......Page 794
ANALYSIS OF ANTI-SLIDING MECHANISM OF GEOSYNTHETIC REINFORCED BEDDING COURSE......Page 801
DRAINAGE STRUCTURE OF THE GEOSYNTHETICS PREVENTING THE BACK-DIKE SILTY SOIL FROM DISPERSED IMMERSION DESTRUCTION......Page 809
INTEGRATION AND DEMONSTRATION OF SAND DIKES ECOLOGICAL PROTECTION TECHNOLOGY......Page 813
Ecological Techniques and Case Histories......Page 817
INTRODUCTION AND APPLICATION OF GEOSYNTHETIC IN QINGHAI-TIBET RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION......Page 818
GEOGRID WRAPPED AROUND AND VEGETATED REINFORCED WALL APPLICATIONS IN THE VILLAGE OF OLYMPIC GAMES IN UNIVERSIADE 2005 IZMIR TURKEY......Page 824
LANDFILL BIOREACTOR FINANCIAL ANALYSIS—MONTEREY PENINSULA LANDFILL, MARINA, CALIFORNIA......Page 829
HIGH COST OF FAILURE......Page 834
CALCULATING THEORY OF SLOPE STABILITY INFLUENCED BY COMBINED UNDERGROUND AND OPEN PIT EXTRACTION......Page 840
VERTICAL ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION TECHNIQUE FOR THE HIGH-STEEP ROCK SLOPES OF HIGHWAY IN MOUNTAINOUS AREA......Page 844
INFLUENCES OF A RAINFALL ON THE STABILITY OF GRANITE RESIDUAL SOIL SLOPES......Page 848
FAILURE OF SEGMENTAL RETAINING WALLS DUE TO THE INSUFFICIENCY OF BACKFILL PERMEABILITY......Page 853
DESIGN AND INSTALLATION OF ROCK FALL BARRIERS FOR THE POS SLIM PROJECT, MALAYSIA......Page 858
BIO-ENGINEERING APPROACH WITH JUTE GEOTEXTILE FOR SLOPE STABILIZATION......Page 864
NEWLY TECHNOLOGY ON GEOTEXTILE APPLICATION IN THE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT OF THE DEEP-DRAFT CHANNEL OF YANGTZE ESTUARY......Page 869