Geosynthetics Conference 2019

Technical Session: Synthetic Turf and Geofoam (Room Houston II)

11 Feb 19
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Tracks: Advanced Textiles Conference, Technical Sessions

Session Chairs: Ming Zhu, Watershed Geosynthetics; Jie Huang, University of Texas at San Antonio

Hydrologic Performance of Synthetic Turf Cover Systems and Their Equivalency to Prescriptive Cover Systems
Clinton P. Carlson, Geosyntec Consultants Inc.; Ming Zhu, Watershed Geosynthetics LLC; Ali Ebrahimi, Geosyntec Consultants Inc.

Stress-Strain Behaviors of Different Geofoams
Junqi Wang, North China Electric Power University (Visiting scholar at the University of Texas at San Antonio); Jie Huang and Chao Zheng, University of Texas at San Antonio

Geofoam Stiffness Effect on Surface Load Distribution on Buried Box Culverts Installed with the Induced Trench Method
Mahdi Al-Naddaf and Jie Han, University of Kansas; Chao Xu, Tongji University

Case Histories of TRMs with Double Twisted Wire Mesh Reinforcement
Marianna Ferrara, Stefano Rignanese, Aigen Zhao and Davide Invernizzi, Maccaferri Inc.

Advanced Geomembrane Technology for Enhanced Protection of EPS Geofoam in Transportation Systems
Eric Schmid, Harry Harlow, Dan Smith and Steven Redford, Raven Engineered Films

Concrete Enhanced Synthetic Turf: An Innovative Erosion Control Solution
Bradford H. Cooley and Bryan Scholl, Watershed Geosynthetics