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Retaining-wall dialog: ‘A tale of two walls’

August 1, 2006

…generic GRS technologies in New Zealand was part of the landslide control portfolio with launched soil nails. These innovative tensile inclusions create their own brand of reinforced soil in in-situ…

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ASD and LRFD of reinforced SRW with the use of software Program MSEW(3.0)

August 1, 2006

…Details of MSEW(3.0) are posted at www.GeoPrograms.com. Abbreviated names are just names, not substance; however, such names do imply design procedures with serious outcomes. While all wall designers in the…

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Geopipe (aka ‘buried plastic pipe’)

August 1, 2006

…used in many aspects of geotechnical, transportation and environmental engineering. It sees uses in water and gas distribution, sewer and wastewater, oil and gas production, industrial and mining uses, power…

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Building the bridge of the future with GRS technology

August 1, 2006

…a conventional bridge, supported on a pile-cap abutments, GRS technology uses alternating layers of compacted fill and sheets of geotextile reinforcement to provide support for the bridge. GRS abutments can…

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Cuckoo for coconet

August 1, 2006

…burned them or threw them into nearby rivers. Farmers are now selling the husks as the raw material to make other fibers, and they are finding their own uses for…

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Geosynthetics: Update from Korea

June 1, 2006

…geosynthetics industry in Korea is a promising field for investment and development. Many types of domestic geosynthetic products are produced and their applications and end uses are widely enlarged every…

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Initial feedback from CQA-ICP testing

June 1, 2006

…their Web site: www.iagi.org. In the decade since the NICET-CQA examinations were first crafted, little has been done in upgrading and updating the exams; and the “fit” for geosynthetics CQA…

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Ground rules

June 1, 2006

www.gale-tec.com I-Corp International Inc., Ocean Ridge, Fla., +1 561 369 0795, fax +1 561 369 0895, E-mail: icorp@geosynthetic.com, Web site: www.geosynthetic.com North American Green Inc., Evansville, Ind., +1 812 867…

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Selecting reinforced fill soil for MSE retaining walls

June 1, 2006

…nonwoven geotextile reinforcement with in-plane drainage capability was used. An essential component of an MSE retaining wall that uses reinforced fill with “high fines” soil is aggressive drainage to prevent…

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Shoreline restored with geotextile tubes as submerged breakwaters

June 1, 2006

…the littoral drift, the erosion process causes shoreline regression. In these cases, incident wave energy may be reduced to conditions that generate a balanced beach profile by submerged structures, so…

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