Soil reinforcement works involve placing several layers of earth, compacted and separated from one another by reinforcing geosynthetics.
This type of structure combines the compressive and shear strength of the soil with the tensile strength of the woven geogrids, improving the overall performance of the reinforcement.
In effect, with the combination of soil and geosynthetics, earthworks can be implemented even with steep angles of inclination (up to 80°), to the point of exceeding the natural gradient of the ground.
Soil reinforcement solutions are often selected as an alternative to reinforced concrete walls, and accordingly, can be applied in the construction of road and rail embankments, the banks of water courses and rockfall protection works, or in the stabilization of slopes.
Compared to a reinforced concrete wall, the behaviour of a reinforced soil construction is superior from the standpoints both of seismic events and of differential subsidence; moreover, soil reinforcement has a notably limited environmental impact (due especially to the use of materials already present on site), and significant cost advantages, not to mention considerable landscaping potential, if suitably greened.
GEOSINTEX can provide all the elements needed to ensure that soil reinforcements are put in place correctly, including a complete range of woven geogrids — EDILGRID — available in different tensile strengths, also steel caissons for soil containment purposes, and JUTENET biomats used as a facing material.
Where there is also the need to control ground water infiltration, drainage geocomposites of the SINTEXDRAIN range are available.
