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This paper presents an earth reinforcement method by soilbags and two case studies of its applications to pond filling-up and expansive soil slope protection in highway of China. The strength properties of soilbags are investigated through the unconfined compressive tests and bearing capacity tests on real soilbags in which medium grained sands and gravels were contained. It is found that soilbags have high strength when subjected to external forces, which is mainly due to the mobilized tensile force of the bags. The earth reinforced by soilbags has the advantages of improving the bearing capacity greatly for soft ground, resisting flexibly against deformation and being friendly to our environment with less noise during construction and no use of any chemical agents.
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Xu, Y.F., Huang, J. (2008). Case Study on Earth Reinforcement Using Soilbags. In: Li, G., Chen, Y., Tang, X. (eds) Geosynthetics in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-69313-0_111
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