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Effect of subgrade soil stiffness on the design of geosynthetic tube
Abstract Water or soil filled geotextile or geosynthetic tubes have been used for coastal or river protection projects in recent years. How to design and analyze geosynthetic tube is still an important research topic. Although a number of solutions for geosynthetic tube have been proposed in the past, most of these solutions assume that the geosynthetic tube is resting on a rigid foundation. In this paper, a two-dimensional analysis of geosynthetic tube resting on deformable foundation soil is presented. The deformable foundation is assumed to be an elastic Winkler type represented by the modulus of subgrade reaction, K f. The study shows that the smaller the modulus, the smaller the height of the geosynthetic tube above the ground surface and the higher the tensile force in the geotextile or geosynthetic given the other conditions the same. When the foundation soil has a modulus higher than 1000kPa/m which is representative of soft clay, the foundation soil can be assumed to be rigid in the analysis. The results obtained from the method proposed in this paper are compared with those from the solutions of Leshchinsky et al. and Plaut and Suherman for verification. The differences between the solutions are also discussed.
Effect of subgrade soil stiffness on the design of geosynthetic tube
Abstract Water or soil filled geotextile or geosynthetic tubes have been used for coastal or river protection projects in recent years. How to design and analyze geosynthetic tube is still an important research topic. Although a number of solutions for geosynthetic tube have been proposed in the past, most of these solutions assume that the geosynthetic tube is resting on a rigid foundation. In this paper, a two-dimensional analysis of geosynthetic tube resting on deformable foundation soil is presented. The deformable foundation is assumed to be an elastic Winkler type represented by the modulus of subgrade reaction, K f. The study shows that the smaller the modulus, the smaller the height of the geosynthetic tube above the ground surface and the higher the tensile force in the geotextile or geosynthetic given the other conditions the same. When the foundation soil has a modulus higher than 1000kPa/m which is representative of soft clay, the foundation soil can be assumed to be rigid in the analysis. The results obtained from the method proposed in this paper are compared with those from the solutions of Leshchinsky et al. and Plaut and Suherman for verification. The differences between the solutions are also discussed.
Effect of subgrade soil stiffness on the design of geosynthetic tube
Guo, Wei (author) / Chu, Jian (author) / Yan, Shuwang (author)
Geotextiles and Geomembranes ; 29 ; 277-284
2010-12-17
8 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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