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

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