Design of geosynthetic tube resting on winkler foundation

W. Guo, J. Chu, S. Yan

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Abstract

Geosynthetic tubes have been used in projects for coastal protection, dyke construction, flood control and dewatering waste sludge purposes in many countries. Most of the existing solutions for geosynthetic tubes assumed that the foundation soil that supports geosynthetic tubes is rigid. In this paper, a two dimensional analysis of geosynthetic tube resting on deformable foundation soil is presented. The soil is assumed to be a Winkler type with a constant subgrade modulus. A numerical method using the finite-difference program FLAC [1] is presented to evaluate the limitations of the solutions. The results obtained from the method proposed in this paper are compared with those given by Plaut and Suherman [2] as verification. The differences between these solutions are also discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationDesign and Practice of Geosynthetic-Reinforced Soil Structures
EditorsGuido Gottardi, Daniele Cazzuffi, Hoe I. Ling, Jie Han, Fumio Tatsuoka
PublisherDEStech Publications Inc.
Pages416-425
Number of pages10
ISBN (Electronic)9781605951089
Publication statusPublished - 2013
Externally publishedYes
EventInternational Symposium on Design and Practice of Geosynthetic-Reinforced Soil Structures and Joint Sessions with 26th Italian National Conference on Geosynthetics - Bologna, Italy
Duration: Oct 14 2013Oct 16 2013

Publication series

NameDesign and Practice of Geosynthetic-Reinforced Soil Structures

Conference

ConferenceInternational Symposium on Design and Practice of Geosynthetic-Reinforced Soil Structures and Joint Sessions with 26th Italian National Conference on Geosynthetics
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityBologna
Period10/14/1310/16/13

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Soil Science

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