Soil-geosynthetic interaction

• Type: Chapter or Part of a Book
• Date: 2012

Authors

M. L. Lopes (Author) FEUP

Book

Title: Handbook of Geosynthetic Engineering

Pages: 45-66

Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Other engineering and technologies

CORDIS: Technological sciences > Engineering > Civil engineering

Other information

Abstract (EN): Soil-geosynthetic interaction mechanisms and soil-geosynthetic interface resistance are referred to this chapter. Factors influencing soil-geosynthetic interaction, such as soil particle size, confinement stress, soil density and geosynthetic structure, are analysed. The main relevance of soil particle size when the reinforcement is a geogrid is put forward. Direct shear and pullout laboratory tests for the quantification of soil-geosynthetic interface resistance are described in detail. Emphasis is given to explain the limitations of these tests, test procedures, and the test results and their analysis

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific