Analysis and design of veneer cover soils

Geosynthetics International

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 28-49

  Koerner, Robert M ^a   Soong, T Y ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CTI and Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Analysis; Design; Geosynthetics; Limit equilibrium methods; Steep slopes; Veneer stability

Indexed keywords

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; LAND FILL; LANDSLIDES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PILES; SHEAR STRENGTH; SLOPE STABILITY; SOILS; STRESSES;

COVER SOILS; LIMIT EQUILIBRIUM METHODS; SLOPE ANGLE; STEEP SLOPES; VENEER STABILITY;

GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIALS;

GEOSYNTHETICS;

EID: 31744449429     PISSN: 10726349     EISSN: 10726349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/gein.2005.12.1.28     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Algermissen, S. T. (1969). Seismic risk studies in the United States. Proceedings 4th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Santiago, Chile, Vol. 1, pp. A1-14 to A1-27.
2. Daniel, D. E., Shan, H.-Y. & Anderson, J. D. (1993). Effects of partial wetting on the performance of the bentonite component of a geosynthetic clay liner. Proceedings Geosynthetics '93, IFAI, Roseville, MN, pp. 1483-1496.
3. Giroud, J. P. & Beech, J. F. (1989). Stability of soil layers on geosynthetic lining systems. Geosynthetics '89 Proceedings, Vol. 1, IFAI, Roseville, MN, pp. 35-46.
4. Hullings, D. E. & Sansone, L. J. (1996). Design concerns and performance of anchor trenches. Proceedings GRI-10 Conference on Field Performance of Geosynthetics, GII, Folsom, PA, pp. 245-260.
5. Idriss, I. M. (1990). Response of soft soil sites during earthquake. Proceedings of the H. Bolton Seed Memorial Symposium (Duncan, J. M. (ed.)), Vol. 2, University of California, Berkeley, May 1990, pp. 125-139.
6. Koerner, R. M. (2005) Designing with Geosynthetics, 5th edn. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 801 pp.
7. Koerner, R. M. & Hwu, B.-L. (1991). Stability and tension considerations regarding cover soils on geomembrane lined slopes. Journal of Geotextiles and Geomembranes, 10, No. 4, 335-355.
8. Matasovic, N., Kavazanjian, E. Jr & Yan, L. (1997). Newmark deformation analysis with degrading yield acceleration. Proceedings Geosynthetics '97, IFAI, Roseville, MN, pp. 989-1000.
9. McKelvey, J. A. & Deutsch, W. L. (1991). The effect of equipment loading and tapered cover soil layers on geosynthetic lined landfill slopes. Proceedings of the 14th Annual Madison Waste Conference, Madison, WI, University of Wisconsin, pp. 395-411.
10. Poulos, H. G. & David, E. H. (1974). Elastic Solutions for Soil and Rock Mechanics. John Wiley & Sons, New York, 411 pp.
11. Schnabel, P. B., Lysmer, J. & Seed, H. B. (1972). SHAKE: A Computer Program for Earthquake Response Analysis of Horizontally Layered Sites, Report No EERC 72-12. Berkeley, CA: Earthquake Engineering Research Center, University of California.
12. Seed, H. B. & Idriss, I. M. (1982). Ground Motions and Soil Liquefaction During Earthquakes, Monograph No. 5. Berkeley, CA: Earthquake Engineering Research Center, University of California, 134 pp.
13. Soong, T.-Y. & Koerner, R. M. (1996). Seepage induced slope instability. Journal of Geotextiles and Geomembranes, 14, No. 7/8, 425-445.
14. Stark, T. D. & Poeppel, A. R. (1994). Landfill liner interface strengths from torsional ring stress tests. Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, ASCE, 120, No. 3, 597-617.
15. Thiel, R. S. & Stewart, M. G. (1993). Geosynthetic landfill cover design methodology and construction experience in the Pacific Northwest. Proceedings Geosynthetics '93, IFAI, Roseville, MN, pp. 1131-1144.