Abstract
In this paper, a new method called reinforced river dike is proposed as a new application of soil reinforcement technique. In order to establish design and construction methods for the proposed reinforced river dike, a real-scale field construction and field monitoring were conducted at Shin-Sakai River in Gifu Prefecture, Japan. Then, full-scale destruction experiments were conducted at Awara town in Fukui Prefecture, to investigate failure mechanism of the reinforced river dike. Based on the results from the field monitoring and real-scale destructive experiments, a new reinforced river dike was constructed, and the real-time monitoring of the experiment is on going.
