Geocell reinforced foundation beds-past findings, present trends and future prospects: a state-of-the-art review

A Hegde - Construction and Building Materials, 2017 - Elsevier
In the last few years, the use of geocell reinforcements in various infrastructural projects has
gained importance due to its positive benefits. This paper reviews the developments and …

Methods to measure the mechanical behaviour of tree roots: A review

F Giadrossich, M Schwarz, D Cohen, A Cislaghi… - Ecological …, 2017 - Elsevier
The presence of forests on hillslopes significantly reduces the slopes susceptibility to rainfall
triggered shallow landslides. This is due largely to the reinforcement of the hillslope soil by …

Bearing capacity of strip footings supported on geocell-reinforced sand

SK Dash, NR Krishnaswamy, K Rajagopal - Geotextiles and …, 2001 - Elsevier
This paper presents the results from laboratory-model tests on a strip footing supported by a
sand bed reinforced with a geocell mattress. The parameters varied in the testing program …

Geosynthetic-encased stone columns: numerical evaluation

S Murugesan, K Rajagopal - Geotextiles and Geomembranes, 2006 - Elsevier
Stone columns (or granular piles) are increasingly being used for ground improvement,
particularly for flexible structures such as road embankments, oil storage tanks, etc. When …

Investigation of factors influencing behavior of single geocell-reinforced bases under static loading

SK Pokharel, J Han, D Leshchinsky, RL Parsons… - Geotextiles and …, 2010 - Elsevier
Geocell, one type of geosynthetics manufactured in the form of three-dimensional
interconnected cells, can be used as a reinforcement to improve the behavior of base …

3-Dimensional numerical modelling of geocell reinforced sand beds

A Hegde, TG Sitharam - Geotextiles and Geomembranes, 2015 - Elsevier
Numerical modelling of the geocell has been always a big challenge due to its complex
honeycomb structure. Generally, the equivalent composite approach is adopted to model the …

Behavior of geocell-reinforced subballast subjected to cyclic loading in plane-strain condition

B Indraratna, MM Biabani… - Journal of Geotechnical …, 2015 - ascelibrary.org
Large-scale cubical triaxial tests were conducted to investigate the behavior of reinforced
and unreinforced subballast under cyclic load. Granular material with an average particle …

Effects of reinforcement form on the behavior of geosynthetic reinforced sand

GM Latha, VS Murthy - Geotextiles and Geomembranes, 2007 - Elsevier
This paper studies the effects of reinforcement form on strength improvement of geosynthetic-
reinforced sand through triaxial compression tests. Samples of sand reinforced with …

Effect of reinforcement form on the bearing capacity of square footings on sand

GM Latha, A Somwanshi - Geotextiles and Geomembranes, 2009 - Elsevier
This paper presents the results of laboratory model loading tests and numerical studies
carried out on square footings supported on geosynthetic reinforced sand beds. The relative …

Bearing capacity of geocell reinforcement in embankment engineering

L Zhang, M Zhao, C Shi, H Zhao - Geotextiles and Geomembranes, 2010 - Elsevier
Soil reinforcement using geocells has been utilized in many areas of geotechnical
engineering. In this paper, a model and a simple bearing capacity calculation method for the …