"Hosted by Tongji University; Shanghai Society of Civil Engineering, China; Chinese Institution of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, China ; in cooperation with Alaska University Transportation Center, USA; ASCE Geo-Institute, USA; Deep Foundation Institute, USA; East China Architectural Design & Research Institute Company, China; Georgia Institute of Technology, USA; Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan; Transportation Research Board (TRB), USA; The University of Newcastle, Australia; The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA; The University of Kansas, USA; The University of Tennessee, USA; Vienna University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Austria."

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Durability of Cement Treated Clay with Air Foam Used in Water Front Structures -- An Economical, Practical and Environmental Friendly Surcharge Preloading Method to Improve Soft Ground of Municipal Road -- Estimation of Strength Gain Due to Consolidation -- Numerical Study on the Deformation and Failure of Reinforced Sand Retaining Walls Subjected to the Vertical Load -- Development of Reinforced Soil Structure with Pile Foundation -- Piled Geo-Wall -- Limit Analysis of Reinforced Soil Slopes Based on Composite Reinforcement Mechanism -- Comparison of Performance between Cross Shaped and Conventional Deep Mixed Columns for Three-Layered Soft Ground Improvement under Embankment Load -- A New Method for Settlement Calculation of Long-Short Piles Combined Composite Foundation -- Experimental Study on Vertical Bearing Behavior of Composite Foundation with Tapered Rigid Pile -- Implementation of Optimized Soil Improvement Techniques for a Giga Project -- Experimental Study on Shear Strength Behavior of Shredded Tyre-Reinforced Sand -- Numerical Analysis of Lateral Behavior of Rigid Piles to Support Embankments -- Settlement Behavior of Highway Transition Sections on Soft Clay Foundation -- Consolidating Dredge Soil by Combining Vacuum and Dynamic Compaction Effort -- Optimization of Deep Mixed Shear Walls for Stabilization of a Pile-Supported Flood Wall on Level Ground -- Heavy Structures Supported by Soil-Cement Columns -- Mechanical Properties of Used Tire Granulates, Sand and Cement Mixtures -- Fly Ash as a Dispersing Material in Cement Stabilization -- Strength Characteristics of a Local Red Soil Blended with Class F Fly Ash and Cement -- Mechanical Behavior of Compacted Geomaterial Changed from the Dredged Soil in Nagoya Port by Mixing with Some Stabilizers -- Effects of Organics on Stabilized Expansive Subgrade Soils -- Application of Gypsum Waste Plasterboard and Waste Plastic Trays to Enhance the Performance of Sandy Soil -- Effect of Placement Water Content on Strength of Temperature Cured Lime Treated Expansive Soil -- Utilization of Shredded Rubber Tires for Cement-Stabilized Soft Clays.

Analysis on Load Transfer for Single Pile Composite Foundation under Embankments Based on Elastic Theory -- A Review of the Settlement of Stone Columns in Compressible Soils -- Field Test and Numerical Analysis on Performance Upgrade of Existing Rockfall Protection Fence by Using High Energy Absorption Net -- Numerical Modelling for Ground Improvement of Batter Micropiles on Liquefiable Soils -- Slope Stability Analysis for Embankment on Wash Pond Sediments with Prefabricated Wick Drains and Staged Construction -- Bridge Approach Settlements: Lessons Learned from Present Case Studies and Ground Improvement Solutions -- Analysis of the Influence of Embankment Widening on Soft Ground with Differential Settlements on Pavement Structure -- Improving Reinforced Soil Performance Incorporating Vertical Reinforcement -- Safety Problem of Freezing Projects in Saline Soils -- Large Scale Test on Improving Ultra Soft Soil Using Electro-Osmotic Method -- Finite Element Modeling of a Field-Scale Shored Mechanically Stabilized Earth Wall -- Bearing Capacities of Geogrid-Reinforced Sand Bases under Static Loading -- Performance Study of Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil Retaining Structures -- Stability Analysis of Geobelt-Reinforced Cushion Foundations -- Noise Barriers by Steep Vegetated Walls Reinforced with Geosynthetics : An Economical Alternative? -- Geosynthetics and Pavement Life Cycle: An Analysis through the M-E PDG -- Mechanical Behavior of Geosynthetic-Reinforced Soil Retaining Wall -- 3D Parametric Study of Geosynthetic-Reinforced Column-Supported Embankments -- Prediction of Settlements of Geocell Reinforced Sand Foundations -- Investigation of Tire Chips-Sand Mixtures as Preventive Measure against Liquefaction -- Design Method for Flat Geotextile Tubes -- Laboratory Model Tests for a Strip Footing Supported on Geocell Reinforced Sand Bed -- Macro-Mesoscopic Study of the Interface between Sand and Geogrid -- Triaxial Compression and Extension Tests for Fiber-Reinforced Silty Sand.

Proceedings of sessions of GeoShanghai 2010, held in Shanghai, China, June 3-5, 2010. This Geotechnical Special Publication contains 48 papers presenting the most current research on ground improvement and geosynthetics. Topics include: ground improvement, especially with regard to unstable ground; soft soils; expansive soils; collapsible soils; reclaimed soils; contaminated soils; and others. Papers analyze improvement methods including mechanical and hydraulic methods, chemical stabilization methods in both shallow and deep ground, and reinforcement methods using geosynthetics. -- Provided by publisher.