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Please make a note that this conference has moved its dates from 2-4 June 2006 to 6-8 June 2006.

GeoShanghai 2006 is hosted by Tongji University and the Shanghai Society of Civil Engineering, China, in cooperation with ASCE Geo-Institute, International Assoc. of Foundation Drilling, Deep Foundation Institute (USA), Georgia Institute of Technology (USA), University of Kansas (USA), University of Tennessee (USA), Saga University (Japan), and Delft University of Technology (Netherlands).

At least 14 geosynthetic papers have been accepted for presentation at the conference. Sessions, paper titles and authors are available below.

Session: Ground Modification by Geosynthetics

Experiment Study on Static and Dynamic Behavior of EPS
Fang Peng-fei, Zhu Xiang-rong, and Li Yun-fei

Performance Evaluations of Surface Structure Modified Nonwoven Geotextiles
Han-Yong Jeon

Analysis of Friction Behaviors between Geosynthetics by Small Scale Shear Tester
Han-Yong Jeon

Substitutive Fills for Geocell: Lime-Fly Ash Stabilization of Muddy Soil Due to Argillization of Mudstone
LI Junwei and Huang Hongwei

Dewatering of Natural Sediments Using Geotextile Tubes: Comparative Behaviors of woven and Non-woven Geotextiles
Kaixia Liao and Shobha K. Bhatia

Modeling and Analysis of Railway Track on Extensible Geosynthetic-Reinforced Granular Fill-Soft Soil System Subjected to Moving Loads
Priti Maheshwari, S. Chandra, and P.K.Basudhar

Parameters Influencing the Design of Reinforcement in Sands
Vidya S. Murthyand and G. Madhavi Latha

Nonlinear Mechanical Behavior of the Reinforcement-soil Interface in Pull-out Tests on Geotextiles
Wang Jian-hua, Li Yao-liang, and Chen Jin-jian

An Experimental Study on Creep Behaviour and Hyperbolic Constitutive Model of Geogrids with Applications
Chengzhi Xiao, Maotian Luan, Qing Yang, and Jianjun Pei

Triaxial Behavior of Sand Reinforced with 3D Reinforcements
M.X. Zhang, A.A. Javadi and X. Min

Session: Ground Modification by Granular Columns

Stabilization of Ballasted Rail Tracks and Underlying Soft Formation Soils with Geosynthetic Grids and Drains (Invited paper)
B. Indraratna, M.A. Shahin, C. Rujikiatkamjiorn, and D. Christie

Session: Embankments and Dams

Serviceability Analysis of Geomembrane in Geosynthetic-Reinforced Column-Support Platforms
J. Huang, J. Han, and J.G. Collin

Session: Advances in Unsaturated Soil, Seepage, and Environmental Geotechnics, Part IV: Transport Phenomena

Translational Failures of Geosynthetic Lined Landfills under Different Leachate Buildup Conditions
Qian

Session: Keynote Lecture

Geosynthetic Reinforced Earth Structures
D. Leshchinsky