S.N. Moghaddas Tafreshi

TL;DR: In this article, the performance of the geocell and planar reinforcement is investigated at the range of low to medium settlement level, similar to those of interest in practice, and the results indicate that, for the same quantity of geotextile material used in the tests at the settlement level of 4%, the maximum improvement in bearing capacity (IF) and percentage reduction in footing settlement (PRS) were obtained as 2.73 and 63% with the provision of geocell, respectively, while these values compare with 1.88 and 47% for the equivalent planar RL.

TL;DR: In this paper, a series of laboratory model tests performed on strip footings supported on 3D and planar geotextile-reinforced sand beds under a combination of static and repeated loads was recorded, until its value becomes stable or failure occurred due to excessive settlement.

TL;DR: In this article, the results of laboratory-model tests on strip footings supported on unreinforced and geocell-reinforced sand beds under a combination of static and repeated loads are presented The influences of various parameters are studied including reinforcement width, height of the geocell below the footing base and various amplitudes of repeated load.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe laboratory tests on small-diameter high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipes buried in reinforced sand subjected to repeated loads to simulate the vehicle loads.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigate the mitigation of strain in buried flexible service pipes and of the settlement of backfill over such pipes by the use of geocell reinforcement with rubber-soil mixtures under repeated loading conditions.