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Fundamental Experiment of Slope Reinforcement Synergistic Effect by Reinforcing Frame Structure Installed in Embankment and Tree Root System
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Date Issued
January 1, 2023
Type
Conference Paper
Abstract
In the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 2011, a part of huge amount of earthquake and ‘tsunami’ waste was reused as a foundation material for new seawalls (embankments). The authors hypothesized that by using a reinforcing bar frame structure in the embankment instead of the earthquake waste, the root system of the trees planted on the embankment would entwine with this structure and reinforce the ground. Laboratory and field model tests were conducted for up to four years and confirmed that the tree root system was entwined with reinforcing bars and that the reinforcing bar frame structure reduced the earth pressure.
Citation
Proceedings of the International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, 1388-1393, 2023