1st Edition
Earth Reinforcement, volume 2 Proceedings of the international symposium, Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan, 12-14 November 1996, 2 volumes
354 Pages
by
CRC Press
354 Pages
by
CRC Press
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The first volume of the proceedings contains texts of 151 papers selected for the third symposium in 1996. The papers are arranged under five categories which cover almost all aspects in the area of earth reinforcement: Testing and materials; Embankments; Wall structures; Foundations; Slopes and excavations. The second volume contains texts of the special and keynote lectures, texts of the special... Read more
Volume II: Opening and closing ceremonies; Opening ceremony ; Closing ceremony ; Special lecture; Geosynthetic materials with improved reinforcement capabilities; Keynote lectures; Review of seismic design, analysis and performance of geosynthetic reinforced walls, slopes and embankments; Application of geosynthetics to embankment on soft ground and reclamation using soft soils; Design of reinforced excavations and natural slopes using new European Codes; Special reports; Performance of geosynthetic-reinforced slopes and walls during the Northridge, California Earthquake of January 17,1994; Performance of reinforced soil structures during the 1995 Hyogo-ken Nanbu Earthquake; Embankments; Chairman’s report: Embankments; Discussion leader’s report: Embankments; Wall structures; Chairman’s report: Wall structures; Discussion leader’ s report: Wall structures; Foundations; Discussion leader’ s report: Foundations; Slopes and excavation; Discussion leader’ s report: Slopes and excavations; Summary discussion ‘Testing methods'; Chairman’s report: Testing methods ; The monitoring of soil reinforcements’ durability: Thoughts about experience and needs; Proposed method to determine the safety capacity of reinforced soil structures during the lifetime; Residual strength: An alternative to stress-rupture for earth reinforcement design; Summary discussion ‘Design methods'; Chairman’s report: Design methods; Summary of discussions; Geosynthetic reinforced soil: Evolution of design methods in the USA; A search for reliability of the mechanism of geotextile-reinforced soil wall; VI Design assumptions and actual behavior in soil nailing; Finite element analysis on earth reinforcement - Current and future; Limit state design of reinforced soils; Soil reinforcement applications: Promising directions for the future; Asian Technical Committee reports on earth reinforcement Asian Technical Committee for earth reinforcement - Review of current state in earth reinforcement practice; Testing methods of reinforcements for use in reinforced soil structures; Present state and perspective of design methods of reinforced soil structures; Current state on numerical analysis of reinforced soil structures; Miscellaneous.
Biography
Hidetoshi Ochiai, Noriyuki Yayashi, Kiyoshi Omine, all from the Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
