Table of Contents
Notation
Presentation
Preface
1. Introduction
2. Soil–Reinforcement Interaction
2.1. Concepts of reinforced soil
2.2. Characteristics of geosynthetics for reinforcement
2.3. Soil behavior
2.4. Influence factors on reinforcement tension
3. Analysis and design
3.1. Introduction
3.2. External Stability
3.3. Internal Stability
3.4. Determination of maximum reinforcement tension
3.5. Determination of the location of reinforcement maximum tension point
3.6. Pullout analysis
3.7. Reinforcement and facing connections
3.8. Design Resistance of reinforcements
3.9. Stress increments due to surcharge loadings
3.10. Lateral displacement and strain prediction
3.11. Case studies
4. Constructive Aspects
4.1. Type of reinforcement
4.2. Type of facing and construction procedure
4.3. Arrangement of reinforcements
4.4. Drainage system
4.5. Backfill material
4.6. Quality control and constructive tolerances
4.7. Guardrails
5. Design Example
5.1. Soil and wall characteristics
5.2. External stability analysis
5.3. Internal stability analysis
5.4. Comparison of methods for reinforcement tension determination
5.5. Wall final arrangement
Appendix – Design Charts
