Abstract
Reinforced Earth was invented in 1963, by the French architect-engineer Henri Vidal. It is a construction material made of a frictional backfill material reinforced by linear flexible strips generally placed horizontally (Fig. 21.1). Since its invention, Reinforced Earth has found a wide use in many different areas of civil engineering, notably in retaining walls, seawalls, dams, bridge abutments, and foundation slabs. This technique has been adopted worldwide and the total number of Reinforced Earth structures built each year has been continuously increasing as indicated in Figure 21.2.
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Schlosser, F., Bastick, M. (1991). Reinforced Earth. In: Fang, HY. (eds) Foundation Engineering Handbook. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-5271-7_21
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