• Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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• 2001.10a
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• pp.323-328
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• 2001

In the ordinary reinforced earth wall, which was constructed by incremental construction method, the horizontal deformation of the facing due to the compaction induced horizontal earth pressure was unavoidable. Thus the KOESWall system which are adopted the isolated construction method was developed by I&S Eng. Co., Ltd. in 1999. Due to its systematical feature, KOESWall system is able to minimizes the horizontal deformation of reinforced wall effectively and it can be used as temporary structures more economically without the lacing block. In this report, it is shown that the concept and case histories of KOESWall system as a retaining structures.

• Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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• 2000.09a
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• pp.53-58
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• 2000

The KOESWall system that minimizes the horizontal deformation of reinforced wall effectively was developed bt E&S Eng. Co., Ltd. in 1999. Due to its systematical feature i.e. isolated construction method. KOESWall system is able to use as temporary structures more economically without the facing block. In this report, it is shown that the case history of KOESWall as a temporary soil retaining structure and the field measuremnets.

• Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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• 2000.11a
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• pp.117-124
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• 2000

As the reinforced earth wall is constructed with step by step backfill compaction method, the accumulative horizontal deformation is inevitable. It has been reported that about 80% of horizontal deformation is occurred during the construction stage of reinforced earth retaining wall. To reduce the horizontal deformation, an isolated-reinforced earth wall method(KOESWall system) was newly developed. In this system, the reinforced earth is constructed first with reinforcements and backfills only, and then facing blocks are installed after the horizontal displacement of reinforced earth is fully occurred. To evaluate the effect of a construction method and the performance of KOESWall system, two cases of full scale field performance was monitored during and after the construction stages.

• Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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• 2001.03a
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• pp.419-424
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• 2001

In the KOESWall system, non-woven geotextiles are placed at the face of reinforced earth until the facing blocks are built up. And when this system is used as temporary structure, geotextiles facings are exposed to sunlight during service lifetime. During these periods, degradation of nonwoven geotextiles are occurred by UV light. So the UV-resistance of nonwoven geotextiles must be assessed correctly, in considering of the site conditions. In this study, laboratory test and the field test have been performed to evaluate the UV resistance of non-woven geotextiles used in KOESWall system and the results are expressed in terms of tensile characteristics & SEM photographs.

• Journal of the Korean Geosynthetics Society
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.37-42
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• 2004

In the reinforced retaining wall system, non-woven geotextiles are placed at the face of reinforced earth until the facing blocks are built up. And when this system is used as temporary structure, geotextiles facings are exposed to sunlight during service lifetime. During these periods, degradation of nonwoven geotextiles are occurred by UV light. So the UV-resistance of nonwoven geotextiles must be assessed correctly, in considering of the site conditions. In this study, laboratory test and the field test have been performed to evaluate the UV resistance of non-woven geotextiles used in KOESWall system and the results are expressed in terms of tensile characteristics & SEM photographs.