IGS Symposium 2018: Use of Geosynthetics in Rail
The IGS UK hosted a symposium on geosynthetics in pavement applications at Loughborough University in April 2015.
The following presentations were made available for reference:
Barry Clarke
09.00-09.20
Innovation is the key to resilient, sustainable and adaptable infrastructure
Nick Sartain
09.20-09.40
Geosynthetics on HS2: banned, permitted or welcomed?
Kenji Watanabe
09.40-10.10
History of Japanese railway and development of geosynthetics reinforced-soil structure
Fumio Tatsuoka
10.10-10.40
Development of GRS structures for railways in Japan – from walls to bridges
Pedro Alves Costa
10.40-11.10
Geotechnical challenges in high speed railway lines: the critical speed issue
Leoš Horníček
11.30-11.50
Experience with geosynthetics in Czech railways
Stefano Ciufegni
11.50-12.10
Geosynthetic design and construction: the Italian high-speed railways
Jan Retzlaff
12.10-12.30
The use of geosynthetics within the remit of the DBAG in Germany
Alain Nancey
12.30-12.50
Geosynthetics uses for high speed lines and traditional railways in France
Levente Nogy / Peter Musgrave
13.50-14.20
Use of geosynthetics in the trackbed layers in Network Rail and the geosynthetics approval process
James Flack
14.20-14.40
Overview of the reinforced earth structures designed for Bermondsey Dive Under
Julian See / James Long
14.40-15.10
Geosynthetics in action
Ian Fraser
15.30-16.00
Geosynthetics – the answer to all your problems: the evidence
