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Reinforced S oil Engineering Civil a nd E nvironmental E ngineering A Series o f Reference B ooks a nd T extbooks Editor Michael D . M eyer Department o f C ivil and Environmental E ngineering Georgia I nstitute of Technology Atlanta, Georgia 1. Preliminary D esign of Bridges f or Architects a nd E ngineers Michele M elaragno 2. Concrete F ormwork S ystems Awad S. Hanna 3. Multilayered A quifer S ystems: Fundamentals a nd A pplications Alexander H .-D. Cheng 4. Matrix A nalysis of S tructural D ynamics: Applications and Earthquake Engineering Franklin Y. Cheng 5. Hazardous G ases U nderground: A pplications t o Tunnel E ngineering Barry R . Doyle 6. Cold-Formed S teel S tructures t o the A ISI S pecification Gregory J . Hancock, Thomas M Murray, and D uane S . Ellifritt 7. Fundamentals of Infrastructure Engineering: Civil Engineering Sys tems: Second Edition, R evised and E xpanded Patrick H . McDonald 8. Handbook o f Pollution C ontrol a nd W aste M inimization edited b y A bbas G hassemi 9. Introduction to Approximate Solution Techniques, Numerical Model ing, and F inite E lement M ethods Victor N. Kaliakin 10. Geotechnical Engineering: Principles and Practices of S oil Mechanics and F oundation E ngineering V. N. S. Murthy 11. Estimating B uilding C osts Calin M. Popescu, Kan Phaobunjong, and N untapong O vararin 12. Chemical G routing a nd S oil Stabilization: Third E dition, R evised and Expanded Reuben H . Karol 13. Multifunctional C ement-Based Materials Deborah D . L. Chung 14. Reinforced Soil Engineering: Advances in Research and Practice Hoe l . Ling, Dov L eshchinsky, and F umio Tatsuoka Additional V olumes i n P roduction Project Scheduling H andbook Jonathan F. Hutchings Reinforced Soil Engineering Advances in Research and Practice edited by Hoe I. Ling Columbia University New York, New York, U.SA. Dov Leshchinsky University of Delaware Newark, Delaware, U.S.A. Fumio Tatsuoka University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan Boca Raton London New York CRC Press is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business First p ublished 2 003 by Marcel Dekker, Inc. Published 2 019 by CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group 6000 Broken Sound Parkway N W, Suite 300 Boca R aton, FL 33487-2742 © 2003 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC CRC Press is an imprint o f Taylor & Francis Group, an Informa business No claim to original U.S. Government w orks ISBN-13: 978-0-8247-4254-6 (hbk) This book contains information obtained from authentic and highly regarded sources. Reasonable efforts have been m ade to publish r eliable data and i nformation, but t he author and publisher cannot assume responsibility for the validity of all materials or the consequences of their use. 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CCC is a not-for-profit organiza-tion that provides licenses and registration for a variety of u sers. For organizations that have been granted a photocopy license by the CCC, a separate system of payment has been arranged. Trademark Notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation w ithout i ntent t o infringe. Visit the Taylor & F rancis Web site at http://www.taylorandfrancis.com and the CRC Press Web site at http://www.crcpress.com Library of C ongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A catalog record for this book i s available from the Library of C ongress. Preface This book consists of 25 chapters focusing on the latest developments in reinforced soil technology. These chapters address geotechnical earthquake issues, as well as applications and case histories from several countries. Several chapters are based on presentations given during the Columbia Workshop (the International Workshop on Seismic Design of R einforced Soil Structures). The Columbia Workshop was part of a project called "Seismic Perfor mance and Design of Reinforced Soil Structures with Reference to Lessons Learned from the 1999 Earthquakes of T aiwan and Turkey," which was funded by the Geotechnical Program of the National Science Foundation (PIs: Hoe I. Ling and Dov Leshchinsky; Grant No. CMS-0084449; Program Director: Dr. Richard J. Fragaszy). The workshop was a I! - day event featuring speakers and panelists from leading institutions in the United States, Canada, Japan, Taiwan, and T urkey. A bout 4 0 r esearchers and engineers a ttended t he workshop. The study of seismic performance of reinforced soil structures has received much attention since the 1995 Kobe earthquake, and especially since the failures reported during the 1999 Ji-Ji earthquake in Taiwan. In recent years, the National Science Foundation and some state departments of t ransportation have initiated r esearch projects o n this subject. In Japan, works were initiated by various groups of r esearchers at academic institutions and government agencies. However, there has been rather limited discussion among the researchers working on this subject. Therefore, the need arose to document lessons learned from past experience, to share knowledge about ongoing achievements in this field, and to allow for intensive discussion by identifying problems noted and data gathered. iii iv Preface The Columbia Workshop was held at the Faculty House of Columbia University on October 30 and 31, 2000. It was inaugurated by Professor Rimas Vaiacitis, Chair of the Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Columbia U niversity. The first day consisted of 1 4 invited presenta tions. (Information on the meeting, including abstracts and representative publications of the presenters, is also available at http://www.civil.columbia. edul-ling/taiwan.) Following invited presentations, three discussion sessions were organized, focusing on design issues, testing and experimental studies, and numerical methods and modeling. These sessions were chaired by Jerry DiMaggio of F HWA , Furnio Tatsuoka of t he University of T okyo, and Andrew Whittle of MIT. The workshop was subsidized by the Federal Highway Administration through the arrangement of Mr. Mike Adams, with matching funds from the Dean's O ffice of t he School of E ngineering and Applied Science at Columbia University. The c ase h istories presented h ere help to advance the state of t he art i n this field; the failures documented should not discourage us from using existing technologies or developing new technologies. The knowledge shared in this workshop led to the organizing of two special technical sessions during the International Conference on Geosynthetics in Nice, France, in September 2002. The contributions of all authors herein are greatly appreciated. We acknowledge the efforts of P rofessor Vaicaitis, especially during the editing of the book. Hoe Ling is supported by an NSF Career Award (CMS-0092739; Program Director: Dr. Clifford Astill). Last but not least, we express sincere thanks to the editors at Marcel Dekker, Inc., especially Mr. Michael Deters, for his efforts in making this book a reality. Hoe l. Ling Dov L eshchinsky Fumio Tatsuoka Contents Preface iii Contributors ix 1. Civil and Environmental Applications of G eosynthetics 1 Hoe l. Ling 2. Performance Properties of G eogrids 19 W. Voskamp 3. Unit Cell Testing of R einforced Soils 37 Hoe l. Ling 4. Modeling the Time-Dependent Behavior o f G eosynthetically Reinforced Soil Structures with Cohesive Backfill 69 V. N. Kaliakin and M . Dechasakulsom 5. Issue and Nonissue in Block Walls as Implied Through Computer-Aided Design 85 Dov Leshchinsky 6. Application of S liding Block C oncept to Geosynthetic-Constructed Facilities 95 Hoe l. Ling v
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