• Comparison of geosynthetic reinforced soil wall solutions using analytical design methods and numerical modelling 

      Moncada Ramírez, Aníbal Andrés; Puig Damians, Ivan; Olivella Pastallé, Sebastià; Bathurst, Richard John (2023)
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      European design standard (prEN-1997 202x) permits the use of suitably verified numerical models for the design of reinforced soil walls (RSW). The paper first compares three analytical design method outcomes (Coherent ...
    • Environmental assessment of earth retaining wall structures 

      Puig Damians, Ivan; Bathurst, Richard; García Adroguer, Eduard; Josa Garcia-Tornel, Alejandro; Lloret Morancho, Antonio (2017-12)
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      Life cycle assessment (LCA) is recognised as a powerful technique to determine the environmental impact component of sustainability assessments of structures in civil engineering projects at the time of design. This paper ...
    • Influence of foundation compressibility on reinforcement loads in geosynthetic reinforced soil walls 

      Bathurst, Richard; Puig Damians, Ivan; Ezzein, F.; Josa Garcia-Tornel, Alejandro; Lloret Morancho, Antonio (International Geosynthetics Society (IGS), 2012)
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      A numerical FLAC model was used to investigate the influence of vertical stiffness of the foundation on the performance of an idealized 6-m high reinforced soil modular block retaining wall. Three different Winkler linear ...
    • Proyecto de mejora de la durabilidad de los pavimentos usados en aeropuertos empleando materiales alternativos y geo-sintéticos 

      Cabezuelo Moreno, Juan José (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2015-05)
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      El mundo de la aviación y en concreto el del diseño de aviones avanza hacia aeronaves que puedan transportar un mayor número de pasajeros, es por ello que es necesario el estudio del pavimento de los aeropuertos concretamente ...
    • Short-term thermo-mechanical numerical modelling of reinforced soil walls with polyester strap reinforcements 

      Moncada Ramírez, Aníbal Andrés; Olivella Pastallé, Sebastià; Puig Damians, Ivan; Bathurst, Richard John (CRC Press, 2023)
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      Polyester (PET) materials have become more common as reinforcement solution in reinforced soil walls (RSW). It has been shown that strength and stiffness of geosynthetics products, including PET, is load-, time-, and ...
    • Strength reduction analysis in polymeric reinforced soil walls 

      Moncada Ramírez, Aníbal Andrés; Puig Damians, Ivan; Olivella Pastallé, Sebastià; Bathurst, Richard John (2023)
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      The latest revision of EN-1997 allows for the use of numerical tools to design geotechnical structures, provided limit state conditions are thoroughly evaluated were analysis of the construction and post-construction stages ...
    • Summary of the Soil Reinforcement Technical Committee Special Session (IGS TC-R) 

      Puig Damians, Ivan; Rimoldi, Pietro; Miyata, Yoshihisa; Detert, Oliver; Uelzmann, Stefan; Hoelzel, Michael; Kirchner, Andreas; Bathurst, Richard John; Naftchali, Fahimeh; Cengiz, Cihan; Zornberg, Jorge; Morsy, Amr (E3S Web of Conferences, 2023)
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      This document provides a summary of the different topics presented at the Special Session organized by the International Geosynthetics Society (IGS) Technical Committee on Soil Reinforcement (TC-R). This Special Session ...
    • Sustainability of geosynthetics-based landslide stabilization solutions 

      Puig Damians, Ivan; Miyata, Yoshihisa; Rimoldi, Pietro; Touze, Nathalie; Kraus, John (Springer, 2023)
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      This paper considers the sustainability of geosynthetics-based solutions to mitigate landslide risks. The different types of geosynthetics are briefly described, along with their functions and applications relevant to ...