1st Edition

Sustainable Slope Stabilisation using Recycled Plastic Pins

252 Pages
by CRC Press

252 Pages
by CRC Press

252 Pages
by CRC Press

Landslides and slope failure are common in the US and rest of the world. The landslides cause significant damage to infrastructure and millions of dollars are required each year to fix the slope. A sustainable and costeffective option to stabilise the slope can have significant benefits, as it will reduce the cost of maintenance and when using recycled pins, it may help the environment at the... Read more

1 Introduction
2 Current slope stabilisation methods
3 Generation and recycling of plastics / plastic bottles
4 Recycled plastic pins
5 Design methods
6 Field installation technique
7 Case studies and performance monitoring: Recycled plastic pins (RPP) for slope stabilisation
8 Summary and conclusion
Appendices

Biography

Sahadat Hossain, Sadik Khan, Golam Kibria