<p>An experimental testing program was undertaken to investigate failure mechanisms induced by the active movement of a deep rectangular trapdoor underlying a granular soil. Reduced-scale models were tested under normal gravity as well as under an increased ...

The use of geotextiles as reinforcement in soil-retaining walls may offer benefits over the use of other types of reinforcement, such as metallic strips or geogrids. These include ease of construction, expediency, and significant cost reduction. However, the ...

This paper presents an evaluation of the soil-geogrid interaction, conducted to quantify the contributions of passive and interface shear mechanisms to the overall pullout resistance of geogrids. An experimental testing program was conducted in this investigation ...