SPECIAL SESSIONS
ISSMGE/TC17 sponsored session
“Recent case histories of earth reinforcement”The TC17 have two working groups related to earth reinforcement, as Working Group F “Earth reinforcement in fill” and Working Group G “Earth reinforcement in cut”. In this session, recent case histories in the world are summarized.
IGS sponsored session
“Design and measurement on full-scale behavior of reinforced structure”The rationalization of the design is work to bury the difference between actual behavior and assumption. In this session, without distinguishing the technology by the kind of reinforcement, both task and improvement are discussed based full-scale behavior.
Discussion session
“New design philosophy of reinforced soil wall”There are many design method in the world. Each design method has a different advantage. Purpose of this session is to discuss what is excellent in each design method.
Chairperson / E.M. Palmeira (Brazil)
Panelists
a) Working stress design / R.J. Bathurst (Canada)
b) Seismic design / J. Koseki (Japan)
c) Limit state design / C.J.F.P. Jones (UK)
d) Execution of works / P. Segrestin (France)