Effects of geotextiles on lateral pressure and deformation in highway embankments

Edgar, Thomas V.; Puckett, Jay A.; D'Spain, Rodney B.

doi:10.1016/0266-1144(89)90012-5

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“…1(c) (Spangler and Handy, 1982). With earth retaining structures, materials such as glass-fiber insulation (Rehnman and Broms, 1972) and cardboard (Edgar et al, 1989; Data collection will clarify clayboard doubts, 1991) have been used in applications shown in Fig. l(a).…”

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Laboratory study of expanded polystyrene (EPS) geofoam used with expansive soils

İkizler

Aytekin

Nas

2008

Geotextiles and Geomembranes

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Laboratory study of expanded polystyrene (EPS) geofoam used with expansive soils

İkizler

Aytekin

Nas

2008

Geotextiles and Geomembranes

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“…Among all the methods, provision of a compressible inclusion in the form of Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) geofoam at the wall-backfill interface proved successful because of ease in construction and predictable stress-strain characteristics of the inclusion. In the past, studies were conducted with materials such as glass-fiber insulation (Rehnman and Broms, 1972) and cardboard (Edgar et al, 1989) for similar applications. However, they were not successful, as their stress-strain behavior was unpredictable and uncontrollable.…”

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Effect of boundary conditions on earth pressure reduction using EPS Geofoam

Dave

Dasaka

2016

JGS Special Publication

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This paper presents results of small scale physical model tests on an instrumented rigid retaining wall subjected to 1-D shaking and effectiveness of EPS (expanded polystyrene) geofoam to reduce seismic earth pressures. Two different boundary conditions viz., retaining wall with and without hinge at the base were considered during experiments. Initial application of 50 kPa static surcharge, followed by seismic load in the form of a stepped sinusoidal acceleration in the range of 0 to 0.7 g was applied in increments of 0.045 g, each increment being applied for 5 seconds at 3 Hz frequency. The seismic earth pressure distribution was observed nearly hydrostatic in the case of retaining wall with hinge, without geofoam inclusion. Whereas, for the retaining wall without hinge, the observed seismic earth pressure distribution was curvilinear with maximum pressures in the upper half of the retaining wall. Provision of 10D (10 kg/m 3) EPS geofoam reduced the total lateral force on the retaining wall by about 23% and 28%, for retaining wall with and without hinge, respectively. It was observed that, boundary conditions are mainly influenced the earth pressure distribution in both the cases, with and without geofoam provision.

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“…In earth retaining structures, materials such as glassfiber insulation (Rehnman and Broms, 1972) and cardboard (Edgar et al, 1989) have been used. However, these materials have significant problems.…”

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Experimental study on the inclusion of soilbags in retaining walls constructed in expansive soils

Wang

Liu

Zhou

2015

Geotextiles and Geomembranes

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Effects of geotextiles on lateral pressure and deformation in highway embankments

Cited by 24 publications

References 1 publication

Laboratory study of expanded polystyrene (EPS) geofoam used with expansive soils

Laboratory study of expanded polystyrene (EPS) geofoam used with expansive soils

Effect of boundary conditions on earth pressure reduction using EPS Geofoam

Experimental study on the inclusion of soilbags in retaining walls constructed in expansive soils

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