Final Papers

The following papers have been accepted by the Symposium.

We will inform you  the procedure and period of registration and presentation in due course (before summer). The registration fee will be 430 euro (early bird), 480 euro (late), 530 euro (on-site, based on availability).
The registration shall include a hard-cover copy of proceedings, coffee breaks, lunches and a banquet. Participants are responsible for obtaining visa and making their own travel arrangement and reservation for  accommodation.
Please note that only papers with paid registration and scheduled for presentation will be included in the Proceedings.

The authors who need written notification of paper acceptance are requested to contact Hoe Ling. [May 9, 2013]

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

Evgeniy Fedorenko and Tatyana Vavrinuk [38, Russia]
Determination of the Strength of Geosynthetic Materials Taking Into Account of Consolidation of Soil Thawed
 
Guang-Qing Yang, Huabei Liu, Yi-Tao Zhou, Bao-Lin Xiong [31, USA]
Field Instrumentation of A Two-Tiered Geogrid-Reinforced Soil Wall Backfilled with Soil-Rock Mixture
 
Ali Ghandeharioon [116, Canada]
Finite Element Analysis of the Installation of Prefabricated Vertical Drains in Soft Soils
 
Wei Guo, Jian Chu, and Shuwang Yan [111, Singapore]
Design of Geosynthetic Tube Resting on Winkler Foundation
 
Zhijie Wang, Felix Jacobs, and Martin Ziegler [98,Germany]
DEM Investigation of Compound Tensile Test with One Geogrid Tensile Member
 
Stefano Guandalini, Walter Steiner, Stefan Irngartinger [136, Switzerland]
Geosynthetics as Support for A Deposit of Tunnel Muck on Soft Clay
 
Jerry A. DiMaggio [24, USA]
Geosynthetic-Reinforced Soil Walls And Slopes: Best Practices in Design and Construction and Reality: Why They Differ
 
Md. Saidur Rahman, Jie Huang, Sazzad Bin-Shafique, Xiaoming Yang [74, USA]
Numerical Study of Group Shafts in MSE Wall under Two Loading Conditions
 
Francisco Paulo Basile Avesani, Orencio Monje Vilar, and Benedito de Souza Bueno [138, Brazil]
Confined and Accelerated Creep Tests on Geosynthetics
 
Atash Alimardani Lavasan and Tom Schanz [83, Germany]
Bearing Capacity and Settlement of An Isolated Ring Footing on Sand Reinforced with Geogrid
 
Hesham M. Eldesouky, Mohamed M. Morsy, and Mohamed F. Mansour [135, Egypt]
Strength Parameters of Sand Reinforced with Randomly-Distributed Geosynthetic Fibers
 
Suliman B. A. Mohamed, Kuo-Hsin Yang, and Wen-Yi Hung [28, Taiwan]
Limit Equilibrium Analyses of Two-Tired Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil Wall Model in A Geotechnical Centrifuge
 
Seyed Naser Moghaddas Tafreshi, Behzad Noori, and Omid Khalaj [85, Iran]
Stress-Strain Response of Multi-Layered Geocell Reinforced Soil by Triaxial Test
 
Audrey Huckert*, Pascal Villard, Laurent Briançon, and Patrick Garcin [36, France]
An Experimental Approach of the Design of Geotextile-Reinforced Embankments Prone to Sinkholes
 
Thanongsak Imajai, Auckpath  Sawangsuriya, Vichian  Mahatumrongchai,  Pakorn Milindalekha, Sekchai Anuvechsirikiat, and Montri   Dechasakulsom [173, Thailand]
Effectiveness of Geosynthetic-Reinforced Flexible Pavements -  A Full Scale Testing
 
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
 
Sabatino Cuomo, Lorenzo Frigo, and Carlo Tedesco [117, Italy]
Modelling the Displacements of Geosynthetics Reinforced Geostructures
 
Steve Perkins, Eli Cuelho, Michelle Akin, Brian Collins [104, USA]
The Deep Patch Slope Repair Method for Roads on Steep Hillsides
 
Melissa A. Stewart, and John S. McCartney [92, USA]
Model for Predicting Lateral Face Deflections of Thermally Active Mechanically Stabilized Earth Walls
 
Sanat Kumar Pokharel, Ian Martin, and  Marc Breault [70, Canada]
Causeway Design with Neoweb Geocells
 
Nelson N. S. Chou, Amy Tang, and Shelly Wu [59, Taiwan]
An application of the Connecting System between MSE Wall And Soil Nail
 
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, Chez Republic]
Poor Protection against Water-Path to Failure of Reinforced Soil Wall
 
Sushovan Dutta and J. N. Mandal [34, India]
Feasibility Study on Waste Plastic Water Bottles as Encasements of Stone Columns for Ground Improvement
 
Ampeglio Diego Garini [39, Italy]
Critical failure Surfaces for Tie –back and Compound Slope Analysis
 
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
 
Giovanni Giusti and Gianfranco Urciuoli [76, Italy]
An Earth Reinforced Embankment Built on A Scarp Stabilized by Soil Nailing
 
Romain Girout, Matthieu Blanc, Luc Thorel,Daniel Dias, and Marcio Almeida [130, France]
Geosynthetics Impact on the reinforcement of Compressible Soil by Rigid Piles
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
Nageshwarreddy V Karnati, Sachin Mandavkar, Rusty Payne [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
 
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
 
Yun Xu and Jui-Pin Wang [71, Hong Kong]
Ground Improvement with Interlock-able Plastic Bottles
 
Farshid Vahedifard and Dov Leshchinsky [17, USA]          
Seismic External Stability Analysis of Geosynthetic-Reinforced Earth Structures Using An Integrated Analytical Approach
 
Richard J. Valentine [159, USA]
An Assessment of the Factors that Contribute to the Poor Performance of Geosynthetic-Reinforced Earth Retaining Walls
 
Montri Dechasakulsom, Auckpath Sawangsuriya, Nawapol Brahmajaree, and Apichai Issariyanukula [16, Thailand]
Using Geosynthetics for Rutting Control on Highway Number 11 in Thailand
 
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
 
Fan Zhu [25, Hong Kong]
A Study on Mechanical Function of Facing Units in Geosynthetic Reinforced Earth Structures
 
Matteo Iacorossi, Hoe I. Ling, Guido Gottardi, and Liming Li [19, Italy]
Centrifuge Modeling of Earth-Reinforced Retaining Walls
 
Jesse Davis, Jenna Phillips, Richard Czlapinski, Edward Seissiger, and Pino Cignarella [164, USA]
Breakwater Island Creation: A 3-Fold System
 
Erol Guler and Tahir Erdem Ozturk [100, Turkey]
Dynamic Behaviour of Geosynthetic Reinforced Back to Back Retaining Wall
 
Fagner Alexandre Nunes de França and Vinícius 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
 
Patrick Naughton, Moreno Scotto, Pietro Rimoldi, and Marco Vicari [73, Ireland]
External Stability of Reinforced Soil Walls
 
Burakbey Davarci and Murat Ornek [137, Turkey]
Experimental Studies of Multi-Edge Footings Rested on Geogrid Reinforced Sand
 
Fernanda Ferreira, Castorina Vieira, and Maria de Lurdes Lopes [96 Portugal]
Analysis of Soil-Geosynthetic Interfaces Shear Strength through Direct Shear Tests
 
Alain Nancey [122, France]
Recent Development and Realisation on Basal Reinforcement 
 
Chaido Doulala-Rigby [94, UK]
Use of Geosynthetics in Airfield Applications
 
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
 
Guillaume Stoltz and Natacha Vidal [121, France]
Alteration of Friction Characteristics of Geosynthetics Interfaces Following Successive Slidings
 
Arik Rosen [90, Israel]
The Use of Geocells for Slope Protection under Special Conditions
 
Assaf Klar and Eitan Normand [129, Israel]
Kinematic Constraints Based Method for Extensible Reinforcement in MSE Walls
 
Ben Leshchinsky [119, USA]
Mechanically Stabilized Earth Walls: Parametric Study of Reinforcement Tensile Loads under Limit State
 
Xiaoming Yang and Spandana Annamraju [86, USA]
Numerical Analysis of Cellular Geosynthetic-Reinforced Soil using a Hypoplastic Constitutive Model
 
Dimiter Alexiew, Fabiana Leite-Gembus, and Slava Jossifowa [148, Germany]
Geogrid-Reinforced Segmental Block Walls for a Highway Intersection Project: Design and Specific Solutions
 
Pietro Rimoldi, Dov Leshchinsky, Marco Arrigoni, and Anna Bortolussi [97, Italy]
Vertical Wall with Concrete Panels Facing and Geostrips Reinforcement: Instrumentation and Data Reduction
 
Saad Farhan Ibrahim [166, Iraq]
An Approach in Improving Soft Soil underneath a Ballast Railway Using FEM
 
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

Askar Zhussupbekov, Tymarkul Muzdybaeva, and Eun Chul Shin [45, Kazakhstan]
Experimental Research of Reinforced Unpaved Road under Cyclic Loading
 
T. Yonezawa, T. Yamazaki, M. Tateyama,and F. Tatsuoka [161, Japan]
Various Geosynthetic-Reinforced Soil Structures for Hokkaido High-Speed Train Line

Arturo Montoya and Hoe Ling [175, USA]
Experimental Tests on Geocell Reinforced Nevada Sand
 
Mohammad-Hossein Keyghobadi and Ahmad Mahboubi [42, Iran]
Numerical Modeling of Bearing Capacity of Square Foundation on Geogrid Reinforced Soil
 
Alan J. Lutenegger and Michael T. Adams [8, USA]
Axial Load Response of Full-Scale GRS Bridge Piers