Technical Papers
Innovation in Geotechnical and Materials Engineering
Sanat Pokharel, Meisam Norouzi, Marc Breault
2017 Conference of the Transportation Association of Canada — St. John’s, NL
Innovative Solution For Sustainable Road Construction
Meisam Norouzi, Sanat Pokharel, Marc Breault, Derek Breault
Vancouver, Canada
May 31 – June 3, 2017/ Mai 31 – Juin 3, 2017
Validation of Geocell Design for Unpaved Roads
Sanat Pokharel, Ian Martin, Meisam Norouzi, Marc Breault
Geosynthetics 2015
February 15-18, Portland, Oregon
Hybrid Geosynthetic Solution for Rail Track on Expansive Clay
Ofer Kief, Ph.D.
Yenon Research & Design Ltd, Israel
Geosynthetics 2015.
February 15-18, 2015
Portland, Oregon, USA
Structural Pavement Design with Geocells made of Novel Polymeric Alloy
Ofer Kief, Ph.D.
Yenon Research & Design Ltd, Israel
Geosynthetics 2015.
February 15-18, 2015
Portland, Oregon, USA
Experimental Study on Bearing Capacity of Geocell-Reinforced Bases
Sanat Pokharel
Doctoral thesis
Defended October, 2010
316 pages
Causeway Design with Toughcell® Geocells
Pokharel, S.K., Martin, I., and Breault, M.
Proc. of Design and Practice of Geosynthetic-Reinforced Soil Structures
Bologna, Italy
October 14-16 2013
High Modulus Geocells for Sustainable Highway Infrastructure
Kief, O., Schary, Y., Pokharel, S.K. (2014).
Indian Geotechnical Journal: Special Issue on Transportation Geotechnics.
Experimental Evaluation of Influence Factors for Single Geocell-Reinforced Sand
Pokharel, S.K., Han, J., Leshchinsky, D., Parsons, R.L., and Halahmi, I.
Presented at the US Transportation Research Board (TRB) 88th Annual Meeting
Washington, D.C.
January 11-15, 2009
Onsite Use of Recycled Asphalt Pavement Materials and Geocells to Reconstruct Pavements Damaged by Heavy Trucks
Han, J., Acharya, B., Thakur, J.K., and Parsons R.L.
Mid-America Transportation Center
Performance of geocell-reinforced recycled asphalt pavement (RAP) bases over weak subgrade under cyclic plate loading
Thakur J.K., Han, J., Pokharel, S.K., and Parsons, R.L (2012).
Journal of Geotextile and Geomembrane, vol. 35, 14-24.
Effect of infill material on the performance of geocell-reinforced bases
Han, J., Pokharel, S.K., and Parsons, R.L., Leshchinsky, D., and Halahmi, I.
Geosynthetics for A Challenging World
eds. E.M. Palmeira, D.M., Vidal, A.S.J.F. Sayao, and M. Ehrlich
Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Geosynthetics
Brazil, May 23-27, 2010
Accelerated pavement testing of unpaved roads with geocell-reinforced sand bases
Yang, X., Han, J., Pokharel, S.K., Manandhar, C., Parsons, R.L., Leshchinsky, D., and Halahmi, I. (2012).
Geotextiles and Geomembranes, 32, 95-103.
A Summary of Research on Geocell-Reinforced Base Courses
Han, J., Thakur, J. K., Parsons, R.L., Pokharel, S.K., Leschinsky, D., and Yang, X.(2013), Proc. of Design and Practice of Geosynthetic-Reinforced Soil Structures,
eds. Ling, H., Gottardi, G., Cazzuffi, D, Han, J., and Tatsuoka, F.,
October 14-16, 2013, 331-340.
Bologna, Italy.
Design and construction of geocell foundation to support the embankment on settled red mud
Sitharam, T.G., and Hegde, A.,
Geotextiles and Geomembranes, vol. 41: 55-63
August, 2013
Three-dimensional numerical modeling of single geocell-reinforced sand
Yang, X., Han, J., Parsons, R. L., and Leshchinsky, D.
Frontiers of Architecture and Civil Engineering in China 4(2):233-240
June 2010
Tough Cell® 3D Cellular Confinement System for Structural Pavement Reinforcement of Roads & Railways
Dr. Ofer Kief, Truong Dang Troan
Geotec Hanoi
October 6 – 7, 2011
Modulus Improvement Factor for Geocell-Reinforced Bases
Kief, O., Rajagopal, K., Veeraragavan, A., Chandramouli, S.
Geosynthetics India ’11
September 22–24, 2011
Research and innovation: Seismic performance of various geocell earth-retention systems
Dov Leshchinsky
Geosynthetics
August 2009
Enhancing Ballast Performance using Geocell Confinement
Leshchinsky, B. A.
Columbia University
2012
Seismic Response of Geocell Retaining Walls: Experimental Studies
Ling, H.I., Leshchinsky, D., Wang, J., Mohri, Y., and Rosen, A.
Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, vol. 135 issue 4,
April, 2009
A Large Test Box Study on Geocell-Reinforced Recycled Asphalt Pavement (RAP) Bases over Weak Subgrade under Cyclic Loading
Thakur, J.K., Han, J., Pokharel, S.K., and Parsons R.L.
GeoCongress 2012: State of Art and Practice in Geotechnical Engineering
eds. Hryciw, R.D., Zekkos, A.A., and Yesoller, N.
March 25-29, 2012
Oakland California
Unpaved Roads: Tough Cell® - Geosynthetic Reinforcement Shows Strong Promise
Han, J., Pokharel, S.K., Yang, X., and Thakur, J.
Roads & Bridges: 40-43
July 2011.
Accelerated Pavement Testing of Low-volume Paved Roads with Geocell Reinforcement
B.S. Bortz & M. Hossain, I. Halahmi, A. Gisi
Advances in Pavement Design through Full-scale Accelerated Pavement Testing
edited by David Jones, John Harvey, Imad L. Al-Qadi, Angel Mateos
2012
Determination of resilient modulus of subgrade using a cyclic plate loading test
Qian, Y., Han, J., Pokharel, S.K., and Parsons, R.L. (2011).
Advances in Geotechnical Engineering, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 211,
Proceedings of GeoFrontiers 2011,
Han, J. and Alzamora, D.E. (eds.), Dallas, TX,
March 13 to 16, 4743-4751.
Geosynthetic-Reinforced Slopes: Overview of Geosynthetic Materials, Their Characteristics, Applications, and Design Considerations
Jie Han, Professor, Ph.D., PE,
The University of Kansas
Numerical modeling of behavior of railway ballasted structure with geocell confinement
Leshchinsky, B., and Ling, H. I.
Geotextiles and Geomembranes: 33-43
Febuary, 2013
Studies on Geocell Reinforced Road Pavement Structures
K. Rajagopal, A. Veeragavan, and S. Chandramouli
GEOSYNTHETICS ASIA 2012
5th Asian Regional Conference on Geosynthetics
13 to 15 December 2012
Bangkok, Thailand
Creep Deformation of Unreinforced and Geocell-reinforced Recycled Asphalt Pavements
Thakur, J.K., Han, J., Leshchinsky, D., Halahmi, I., and Parsons, R.L.
Geo-Frontiers Congress,
2011