Proceedings GEOAMERICAS 2020

Area: New Geosynthetic Products

76-3 - DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF AN ENGINEERED DRAINAGE GEOCOMPOSITE FOR THE CONTROL OF THE FROST HEAVE IN ROAD STRUCTURES IN ARCTIC REGIONS
Leonardo Martino (MCIS - Maccaferri Gabions CIS) ; Pietro Pezzano (OM - Officine Maccaferri SpA) ; Pietro Rimoldi (OM - Officine Maccaferri SpA) ; Moreno Scotto (OM - Officine Maccaferri SpA)

Area New Geosynthetic Products
Keywords: Geocomposite, Drainage, Frost heave

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235-1 - EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS ON FOOTINGS SUPPORTED ON SOFT CLAY BEDS REINFORCED WITH STRENGTH ENHANCED JUTE GEOGRIDS
Deendayal Rathod (NIT, TRICHY - National Institute of Technology,) ; Md. Shakeel Abid Abid (NIT, TRICHY - National Institute of Technology,)

Area New Geosynthetic Products
Keywords: Jute Geogrid, Bitumen coating, 3-dimensional cells, Bearing capacity, Soft clay

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88-1 - MECHANICAL ANALYSIS OF A REINFORCED CLAY SOIL WITH AÇAÍ (EUTERPE OLERACEA) FIBERS
Matheus Machado Lopes (UNB - Universidade de Brasília) ; Miché le Dal Toé Casagrande (UNB - Universidade de Brasília)

Area New Geosynthetic Products
Keywords: Açaí Fibers, Alternate Materials, Geosynthetics, New Geotechnical Materials, Reinforced Soils

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171-1 - MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF BENTONITE REINFORCED WITH CRUSHED PET
Phillipe Mourão Ribeiro (PUC-RIO - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro ) ; Michele Dal Toé Casagrande (UNB - Universidade de Brasília)

Area New Geosynthetic Products
Keywords: Bentonite, soil reinforcement, PET, direct shear test, bentonite mixtures with PET

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