Tsunami devastations and reconstruction with geosynthetics.
Great attention is directed to rebuild livelihoods and rehabilitate coastal communities affected by the Tsunami in the Indian Ocean in South Asia. It takes years of effort of different engineering disciplines to recover from recent devastations caused by the Tsunami. Geosynthetics can play important and vital roles in the...

Tsunami affected coastal soil disturbance and implications on reconstruction with special reference to low-cost dwellings and rail tracks.
On 26 December 2004, the largest earthquake for more than 4 decades (magnitude 9.0) occurred between the Australian and Eurasian plates in the Indian Ocean (along the overly stressed Sunda trench) to the west of Aceh Province (Northern Sumatra). The quake triggered a series of waves that increased in...

Coconut export, rubber deals seen in Hu's visit.
Byline: MELODY M. AGUIBA Chinese President Hu Jintaos visit to the Philippines in April is anticipated to cement multi-million dollar coconut export contracts to China and possibly rubber growing agreements in Mindanao. Agriculture Secretary Arthur C. Yap said Chinese companies are interested in the production...

Potential use of Geosynthetic clay liners (GCL) in waste management.
Leachate in Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) landfills are contaminated liquids that contain a number of dissolved or suspended materials. The liner in barrier systems for landfills are to be properly designed, otherwise there may be a danger of contamination of the surrounding soil and ground water. The available soil...

Applications of two costal pretection structure construction methods.
Two methods that can be used for the construction of costal protection structures are introduced in this paper. The first is the geotextile bag method which uses either sand or clay to fill geotextile tubes or bags to form dikes or breakwaters. The second is to a method for...

Geosynthetics in mitigating seismic-induced waste containment cover instability.
Geosynthetics are now routinely employed to improve static stability of many geotechnical and geoenvironmental structures. Lack of available data on the impact of seismic actions on the interface characteristics of geosythetics may have resulted in the limited studies performed on the long-term impact of geosynthetics on the seismic-induced instability...

Settlement of shallow foundation on geogrid reinforced sand.
The permanent settlement of a square model foundation supported by geogrid-reinforced sand and subjected to cyclic loading has been evaluated. The model foundation was initially subjected to an allowable static load and cyclic load was superimposed on it. For a given static allowable load, the ultimate permanent settlement increases...

$100-M Chinese loan to boost coco yield.
LEGAZPI CITY (PNA) Bicols coconut production gets a big boost with the grant of a $100-million soft loan by the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, in a statement, said the loan will help promote Bicols coconut-based geotextile industry which could spur the regions coconut...

Base course modification through stabilization using cement and bitumen.
INTRODUCTION A huge amount of investments are used for maintenance, construction and extending roads and freeways in many countries. Statistics shows that during last fifty years, the most investments are used on roads in compare to other general infrastructures (1). The roads built with conventional...

Rotosonic Welding Machine from Herrmann ultrasonics creates waterproof, airtight seams.
Besides welding waterproof and airtight seams, the Rotosonic Ultrasonic Welding Machine can be equipped to cut fabric while sealing the cut edge to prevent material from flaying or unraveling. The ultrasonic bonding ability of the Rotosonic machine--the latest creation from Herrmann Ultrasonics--is up to 10 times faster than sewing...