Auteur Jorge G. Zornberg
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John S. McCartney, Auteur ; Jorge G. Zornberg, Auteur ; Robert H. Swan Jr., Auteur |A database of 534 large-scale direct shear test results was assembled in this study to evaluate the interface shear strength between geosynthetic clay liners (GCLs) and geomembranes (GMs). The tests were conducted between 1992 and 2003 by a sing[...]
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Chia-Nan Liu, Auteur ; Jorge G. Zornberg, Auteur ; Tsong-Chia Chen, Auteur |The contribution of transverse ribs to the soil-geogrids interaction under pullout mode has been well documented. However, the contribution of transverse ribs to the soil-geogrid interaction under direct shear mode is, at best, unclear. Conseque[...]
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Jorge G. Zornberg, Auteur ; John S. McCartney, Auteur |A new centrifuge permeameter was developed with the specific objective of expediting the measurement of the hydraulic characteristics of unsaturated soils. The development, theoretical basis, and typical results associated with using the centrif[...]
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John S. McCartney, Auteur ; Jorge G. Zornberg, Auteur |This paper presents the hydraulic characteristics of an unsaturated, compacted clay, including its soil-water retention curve (SWRC) and hydraulic conductivity function (K function), determined using a new centrifuge permeameter developed at the[...]
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Yuri D. Costa, Auteur ; Jorge G. Zornberg, Auteur ; Benedito S. Bueno, Auteur |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 [...]
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Chunling Li, Auteur ; Jorge G. Zornberg, Auteur |Fiber reinforcement represents a promising alternative in projects involving localized repair of slopes and reinforcement of thin soil veneers, where planar reinforcement (e.g., with geotextiles and geogrids) is difficult to implement. Current d[...]
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Kuo-Hsin Yang, Auteur ; Jianye Ching, Auteur ; Jorge G. Zornberg, Auteur |A narrow mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) wall is defined as a MSE wall placed adjacent to an existing stable wall, with a width less than that established in current guidelines. Because of space constraints and interactions with the existing[...]
