PROGRAMME (tentative)

 

Day One: 14/10/2013

School of Engineering, Bologna University

09.00:09.30

OPENING CEREMONY

09.30:10.30

SPECIAL LECTURE: Leshchinsky D. (USA)
Framework for Limit State Design of Geosynthetic-Reinforced Walls and Slopes
Chair: F. Tatsuoka

10.30:11.00

COFFEE BREAK

11.00:11:50

Laboratory Testing and Physical Modeling – I
Chair: A.Klar

11.50:13.05

Wall/Slope Design and Construction - I
Chair: L. Callisto

13.05:14.15

LUNCH

14.15:15.00

KEYNOTE: Cazzuffi D. (Italy)
Geosynthetics Engineering and Vegetation Growth in Soil Reinforcement Applications
Chair: G. Gottardi

15.00:15.45

KEYNOTE: Collin J.G. (USA)
Shored MSE Walls Research to Practice
Chair: J. Han

15.45:16.10

TEA BREAK

16.10:17.00

Pavement and Footing
Chair:  N. Okine

17.00:18.00

Bridge and Vertically Loaded Structure
Chair: E. Guler

20.00

RECEPTION


Day Two: 15/10/2013

School of Engineering, Bologna University

09.00:09.45

KEYNOTE: Koseki J. and Shibuya S. (Japan)
Mitigation of Disasters by Earthquakes and Rains/Floods by Means of Geosynthetic- Reinforced Soil Retaining Walls
Chair: H. Ling

09.45:10.35

Application of Numerical Methods
Chair: L. Tonni

10.35:11.10

COFFE BREAK

11.10:12.30

Wall/Slope Design and Construction - II
Chair: J. Han

12.30:14.00

LUNCH

14.00:14.10

GROUP PHOTO  by B. Leshchinsky

14.15:15.00

BISHOP LECTURE: Tatsuoka F. (Japan)
The Importance of Good Compaction of The Backfill and The Compaction Control Based On The Dry Density and The Degree of Saturation
Chair: D. Leshchinsky

15.00:15.50

Laboratory Testing and Physical Modeling - II
Chair: A. Zhussupbekov

15.50:16.20

TEA BREAK

16.20:17.45

Embankment, Soft Ground and Geosynthetic Tube
Chair: J. Collin

20.00

BANQUET


Day Three
16/10/2013

Sala Topazio - SAIE Exhibition - Bologna

09.30:09.45

OPENING 26TH ITALIAN NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GEOSYNTHETICS

09.45:10.30

KEYNOTE: DiMaggio J.D. (USA)
Geosynthetic-Reinforced Soil Walls and Slopes: Best Practices in Design and Construction and Reality: Why They Differ
Chair: S. Aversa

10.30:12.30

Case studies of Wall/Slope and Embankment
Chair: S. Aversa

12.30:13.30

Visit to SAIE Exhibition on Construction Sector

13.30:14.45

LUNCH

14.45:15.30

KEYNOTE: Moraci N. (Italy)
Soil-Geosynthetic Interaction: Design Parameters from Experimental and Theoretical Analysis
Chair: D. Cazzuffi

15.30:17.30

Case studies of Off-shore, Road and Railway Construction
Chair: D. Cazzuffi

17.30:18.00

CLOSING CEREMONY

 

Day 1

•    Laboratory Testing and Physical Modeling - I

Matteo Iacorossi, Hoe I. Ling, Guido Gottardi, and Liming Li [19, Italy]
Centrifuge Modeling of Earth-Reinforced Retaining Walls

Suliman B. A. Mohamed, Kuo-Hsin Yang, and Wen-Yi Hung [28, Taiwan]
Limit Equilibrium Analyses of Two-Tired Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil Wall Models in a Geotechnical Centrifuge

Yun Xu and Jui-Pin Wang [71, Hong Kong]
Ground Improvement with Interlock-able Plastic Bottles

Hesham M. Eldesouky, Mohamed M. Morsy, and Mohamed F. Mansour [135, Egypt]
Strength Parameters of Sand Reinforced with Randomly-Distributed Geosynthetic Fibers

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•    Wall/Slope Design and Construction - I


Farshid Vahedifard and Dov Leshchinsky [17, USA]
Seismic External Stability Analysis of Geosynthetic-Reinforced Earth Structures Using an Integrated Analytical Approach

Guang-Qing Yang, Huabei Liu, Yi-Tao Zhou, Bao-Lin Xiong [31, USA]
Field Instrumentations of a Two-Tiered Geogrid-Reinforced Soil Wall Backfilled with Soil-Rock Mixture

Ampeglio Diego Garini [39, Italy]
Critical failure Surfaces for Tie-back and Compound Slope Analysis

Nelson N. S. Chou, Amy Tang, and Shelly Wu [59, Taiwan]
An application of the Connecting System between MSE Wall And Soil Nail

Melissa A. Stewart, and John S. McCartney [92, USA]
Model for Predicting Lateral Face Deflections of Thermally Active Mechanically Stabilized Earth Walls

Richard J. Valentine [159, USA]
An Assessment of the Factors that Contribute to the Poor Performance of Geosynthetic-Reinforced Earth Retaining Walls

Wei-lie Zou, Xie-qun Wang, Ni Xie, and Yanfeng Zhuang [156, China]
*Numerical Analysis of Working Properties and Inquiry of Design Method on Geosynthetic-Reinforced Soil Retaining Walls (GRS-RWs) with Rigid Facings


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•    Pavement and Footing

Jie Han, Jitendra K. Thakur, Robert L. Parsons, Sanat K. Pokharel, Dov Leshchinsky, and Xiaoming Yang [26, USA]
A Summary of Research on Geocell-Reinforced Base Courses

Askar Zhussupbekov, Tymarkul Muzdybaeva, and Eun Chul Shin [45, Kazakhstan]
Experimental Research of Reinforced Unpaved Road under Cyclic Loading

Sanat Kumar Pokharel, Ian Martin, and Marc Breault [70, Canada]
Causeway Design with Neoweb Geocells

Thanongsak Imajai, Auckpath Sawangsuriya, and Montri Dechasakulsom [173, Thailand]
Effectiveness of Geosynthetic-Reinforced Flexible Pavements - Full-Sclae Testing and FE Analysis

Arturo Montoya and Hoe Ling [175, USA]
Experimental Tests on Geocell Reinforced Nevada Sand


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•    Bridge and Vertically Loaded Structure

Md. Saidur Rahman, Jie Huang, Sazzad Bin-Shafique, Xiaoming Yang [74, USA]
Numerical Study of Group Shafts in MSE Wall under Two Loading Conditions

Shohei Kawabe, Fumio Tatsuoka, Tetsuya Koroda, Simpei Yamaguchi, Takaki Matsumaru, Kenji Watanabe, and Masayuki Koda [87, Japan]
Seismic Stability of Geosynthetic-Reinforced Soil Integral Bridge Evaluated by Shaking Table Test

Erol Guler and Tahir Erdem Ozturk [100, Turkey]
Dynamic Behaviour of Geosynthetic Reinforced Back to Back Retaining Wall

Susumu Yazaki, Fumio Tatsuoka, Masaru Tateyama, M., Masayuki Koda, Kenji Watanabe, and Antoine Duttine [177, Japan]
Seismic Design of GRS Integral Bridge

Masayuki Koda, Takahiro Nonaka, Motoaki Suga, Ryosuke Kuriyama, Masaru Tateyama, and Fumio Tatsuoka [178, Japan]
Lateral Cyclic Loading Tests of a Full-Scale GRS Integral Bridge Model

Alan J. Lutenegger and Michael T. Adams [8, USA]
*Axial Load Response of Full-Scale GRS Bridge Piers


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Day 2

•    Wall/Slope Design and Construction - II


Fan Zhu [25, Hong Kong]
A Study on Mechanical Function of Facing Units in Geosynthetic Reinforced Earth Structures

Patrick Naughton, Moreno Scotto, Pietro Rimoldi, and Marco Vicari [73, Ireland]
External Stability of Reinforced Soil Walls

Pietro Rimoldi, Dov Leshchinsky, Marco Arrigoni, and Anna Bortolussi [97, Italy]
Vertical Wall with Concrete Panels Facing and Geostrips Reinforcement: Instrumentation and Data Reduction

Ben Leshchinsky [119, USA]
Mechanically Stabilized Earth Walls: Parametric Study of Reinforcement Tensile Loads under Limit State

Assaf Klar and Eitan Normand [129, Israel]
Kinematic Constraints Based Method for Extensible Reinforcement in MSE Walls

Dimiter Alexiew, Fabiana Leite-Gembus, and Slava Jossifowa [148, Germany]
Geogrid-Reinforced Segmental Block Walls for a Highway Intersection Project: Design and Specific Solutions

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•    Application of Numerical Methods

Zhijie Wang, Felix Jacobs, and Martin Ziegler [98,Germany]
DEM Investigation of Compound Tensile Test with One Geogrid Tensile Member

Sabatino Cuomo, Lorenzo Frigo, and Carlo Tedesco [117, Italy]
Modelling the Displacements of Geosynthetics Reinforced Geostructures

Thomas Meier, Dimiter Alexiew, Peter-Andreas von Wolffersdorff, and Frank Brötzmann [160, Germany]
Finite Element Safety Analyses of a Geosynthetic-Reinforced Dam under Seismic Impact

Nii Attoh-Okine [179, USA]
Some Data Analytic Issues in Sensor-Based Geosynthetics Application

Xiaoming Yang and Spandana Annamraju [86, USA]
*Numerical Analysis of Cellular Geosynthetic-Reinforced Soil using a Hypoplastic Constitutive Model

Saad Farhan Ibrahim [166, Iraq]
An Approach in Improving Soft Soil underneath a Ballast Railway Using FEM

Buhm-Soo Chang, Sung-Woo Bae,Yong-Soo Kim, and Jong-Gun Lee [103, Korea]
A Study on the Effective Design of Reinforced Segmental Retaining Walls and Curved Section

Ali Ghandeharioon [116, Canada]
*Finite Element Analysis of the Installation of Prefabricated Vertical Drains in Soft Soils


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•    Laboratory Testing and Physical Modeling - II

Fernanda Ferreira, Castorina Vieira, and Maria de Lurdes Lopes [96, Portugal]
Analysis of Soil-Geosynthetic Interfaces Shear Strength through Direct Shear Tests

Guillaume Stoltz and Natacha Vidal [121, France]
Alteration of Friction Characteristics of Geosynthetics Interfaces Following Successive Slidings

Henry Lin, Hoe I. Ling, Liming Li, James G. Collin, Dov Leshchinsky, and Pietro Rimoldi [176, USA]
Centrifuge Modeling of Gabion Walls Reinforced with Geosynthetics

Seyed Naser Moghaddas Tafreshi, Behzad Noori, and Omid Khalaj [85, Iran]
Stress-Strain Response of Multi-Layered Geocell Reinforced Soil by Triaxial Test

Burakbey Davarci and Murat Ornek [137, Turkey]
*Experimental Studies of Multi-Edge Footings Rested on Geogrid Reinforced Sand

Fei Wang, and Lin-Chang Miao [153, China]
*A Physical Modeling of Ground Movement around HDPE Pipes Subjected to Tunneling


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•    Embankment, Soft Ground and Geosynthetic Tube

Sushovan Dutta and J. N. Mandal [34, India]
Feasibility Study on Waste Plastic Water Bottles as Encasements of Stone Columns for Ground Improvement

Audrey Huckert
, Pascal Villard, Laurent Briancon, and Patrick Garcin [36, France]
An Experimental Approach of the Design of Geotextile-Reinforced Embankments Prone to Sinkholes

Evgeniy Fedorenko and Tatyana Vavrinuk [38, Russia]
Determination of the Strength of Geosynthetic Materials Taking Into Account of Consolidation of Soil Thawed

Joanna Gorniak, Pascal Villard, and Philippe Delmas [109, France]
Analytical Design Method to Determine the Vertical Loading Capacity of Geosynthetic Tubes Filled with Granular Material

Wei Guo, Jian Chu, and Shuwang Yan [111, Singapore]
Design of Geosynthetic Tube Resting on Winkler Foundation

Romain Girout, Matthieu Blanc, Luc Thorel, Daniel Dias, and Marcio Almeida [130, France]
Geosynthetics Impact on the Reinforcement of Compressible Soil by Rigid Piles

K. Matsushima, Y. Mohri, K. Nakazawa, K. Yamada, T. Hori, and M. Ariyoshi [157, Japan]
The Pilot Test of Countermeasure against Wave Erosion for Road Embankment in Bangladesh

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DAY 3 - CASE HISTORIES

•    Wall/Slope and Embankment


Marco Vicari, Moreno Scotto, and Pietro Rimoldi [41, Italy]
Applications of Steel and Geogrid Reinforcement for Reinforced Soil Structures with Lightweight Fills

Andryan Suhendra
and Ganny Saputra [132, Indonesia]
Lesson Learned from Indonesian Case Histories on Retaining Earth Structure Failures and Its Remedial Structures

Vitezslav Herle
[20, Czech Republic]
Poor Protection against Water-Path to Failure of Reinforced Soil Wall

Giovanni Giusti
and Gianfranco Urciuoli [76, Italy]
An Earth Reinforced Embankment Built on a Scarp Stabilized by Soil Nailing

Maria Patricia Guerra-Escobar
[174, UK]
Northumberlandia: Reinforced Soil Structures Used in the Largest Human Landform

Alessandro Paoletti, Giovanni Battista Peduzzi, Lamberto Griffini, Piergiorgio Recalcati, and Anna Cantoni [32, Italy]
A 60.0 m High Geogrid Reinforced Slope in the Italian Alps

Giuseppe Federici, Luis E. Russo, Pierpaolo Fantini [165, Italy]
Segmental Retaining Walls and Steep Slopes Reinforced with PVA Geogrids in the Energy Polo of Massa Martana

Jesse Davis, Jenna Phillips, Richard Czlapinski, Edward Seissiger, and Pino Cignarella [164, USA]
Breakwater Island Creation: A 3-Fold System

T. Yonezawa, T. Yamazaki, M. Tateyama, and F. Tatsuoka [161, Japan]
Various Geosynthetic-Reinforced Soil Structures for Hokkaido High-Speed Train Line

Fagner Alexandre Nunes de Franç a and Vinicius Rocha Gomes Pereira [127, Brazil]
*Geosynthetic-Reinforced Soil Structure Built to Restore Original Geometry of a 12 m High Slope after Failure Using Local Soil


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•    Offshore, Road and Raiwlay Construction

Stefano Guandalini, Walter Steiner, Stefan Irngartinger [136, Switzerland]
Geosynthetics as Support for a Deposit of Muck on Soft Clay

Arash Alimardani Lavasan and Tom Schanz [83, Germany]
Bearing Capacity and Settlement of an Isolated Ring Footing on Sand Reinforced with Geogrid

S. Yamaguchi
, M. Yanagisawa, S. Kawabe, F. Tatsuoka, and Y. Nihei. [64, Japan]
Evaluation of the Stability of Various Types of Coastal Dyke Against Over-Flowing Tsunami Current

Nageshwarreddy V Karnati, Sachin Mandavkar, Pietro Rimoldi, and Michela Zurlo [151, USA]
A Case History of Construction of Confined Dredged Material Disposal Island Using Geotextile Tube Dikes and Innovative Environmental Dredging Techniques

Felix Tseng
, Andy Chien, Amy Tang, and Vincent Ho [91, Taiwan]
Geotextile Tube Solution for Barrier Island's Inlet Restoration Engineering in Taiwan

Alain Nancey [122, France]
Recent Development and Realisation on Basal Reinforcement

Chaido Doulala-Rigby
[94, UK]
Use of Geosynthetics in Airfield Applications

Arik Rosen [90, Israel]
The Use of Geocells for Slope Protection under Special Conditions

Andreas Herold and Lars Vollmert [180,Germany]
Greater Safety for Geosynthetic-Reinforced Earth (GRE) Systems - Noise-Protection, Impact and Fire Performance in Full-Scale Trial

Montri Dechasakulsom, Auckpath Sawangsuriya, Nawapol Brahmajaree, and Apichai Issariyanukula [16, Thailand]
Using Geosynthetics for Rutting Control on Highway Number 11 in Thailand

Steve Perkins, Eli Cuelho, Michelle Akin, Brian Collins [104, USA]
The Deep Patch Slope Repair Method for Roads on Steep Hillsides


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