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May 7, 2012
Geosynthetic Reinforcement for Soft Foundations: Brazilian Perspectives
Publication: International Perspectives on Soil Reinforcement Applications
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Brazil has large regions of its territory covered with soft soil deposits. Some of these deposits can be over 40m deep with very low shear strength. These types of situations pose important challenges for designers and contractors in civil engineering works. In this context geosynthetics can be effectively employed as reinforcement and its use has increased markedly in the last decades in the country. The same applies to the use of prefabricated vertical drains for the acceleration of soft soil consolidation. This paper presents the Brazilian perspectives on the use of geosynthetics in such applications. A case-history is also presented and discussed.
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International Perspectives on Soil Reinforcement Applications
Pages: 1 - 15
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© 2005 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: May 7, 2012
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ASCE Technical Topics:
- Business management
- Consolidated soils
- Developing countries
- Foundations
- Geomaterials
- Geomechanics
- Geosynthetics
- Geotechnical engineering
- Material mechanics
- Material properties
- Materials engineering
- Practice and Profession
- Shear strength
- Soft soils
- Soil dynamics
- Soil mechanics
- Soil stabilization
- Soil structures
- Soils (by type)
- Strength of materials
- Structural engineering
- Structures (by type)
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E. M. Palmeira
University of Brasilia, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering — Faculty of Technology, 70910-900 Brasilia, DF, Brazil
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