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High performance reinforced soil
materials: Ten Cate Geosynthetics
Group manufactures and supplies
a wide range of geosynthetic
reinforcement materials specifically
engineered for a wide range of
reinforced soil applications.
1970s
Introduction of
Miragrid geogrid
reinforcement
in USA
1980s
Introduction of
Introduction of
Bidim PEC
geocomposite
reinforcement
in Europe
Introduction of
Miragrid geogrid
reinforcement
in Asia
1990s
Introduction of
Introduction of
Polyfelt PEC
geocomposite
reinforcement
in Asia
2000s
Introduction of
Miragrid geogrid
reinforcement
in Europe
Embankment
Potential failure plane
Embankment
Geosynthetic
reinforcement
Piles
Soft foundation
Soft foundation
b) Basal reinforced embankments on piles
Geosynthetic
reinforcement
Closure fill
Geosynthetic
reinforcement
Foundation
Void
Geosynthetic
reinforcement
Stable
foundation
Geosynthetic
reinforcement
Slope facing
Reinforced
fill
Wall facing
Reinforced
fill
Mirafi 500X
PVD
Freeway pavement
Freeway pavement
30 m
1
2
Embankment
2 - 5 m varies
5 - 15 m varies
Firm stratum
PVD
Crust
Water table
Soft silty
clay
2
4
Depth (m)
6
8
10
Firm
foundation
12
Completed freeway
Embankment fill
Geotextile reinforcement
0.5 m thick sand
drainage blanket
PVDs
Railway tracks
Temporary surcharge
4.2 m
Soft foundation
Geotextile separator
Drainage blanket
1.5
5m
1.5
Embankment fill
Mirafi PET or
Polyfelt WX geotextile
reinforcement
2
Polyfelt TS geotextile
separator
Marine and alluvial clay foundation
Prefabricated vertical drains
Pavement surface
Granular basecourse
7m
1
3.5 m
Sand fill
Cross section through the basal reinforced embankments constructed over peat bogs
Causeway centreline
16 m
Max. 7 m
4m
Mud crust
1
Estuarine
mud
Depth (m)
2
3
4
Firm sandy
soil stratum
5
Foundation undrained shear strength profile
Sand
Mirafi HP1500
geotextile
reinforcement
0.3 m
0.3 m
Sand
0.9 m
Mirafi FW402
geotextile separator
Freeway pavement
PVD
Freeway pavement
38 m
Sludge
Mirafi FW402
geotextile separator
4 - 12 m
Very soft
sludge
lagoon
7m
Firm stratum
PVDs at 2 m spacings
Installation of PVDs
Seaward side
Leeward side
Rock fill
Sand berm
Rock armour
Rock armour
Sand fill
Rock berm
7.5 m
Geotextile filter
40 m
Average water
depth 3.5 m
Very soft
marine clay
10
Depth (m)
15
20
25
30
End of existing
runway
Previous
end-dumped fill
4m
PVDs
23 m
Glacial deposits
6m x 2m x 30m sand-cement
blocks
+11.0 TAW
+5.0 TAW
+3.5 TAW
+3.5 TAW
Sand fill
-14.5 TAW
-16.3 TAW
Treated very soft sediments
-26.5 TAW
83 m
65 m
Sand
-26.5 TAW
57 m
Pavement
Soft foundation
Piles
Typical long section through the basal reinforced piled bridge approaches
8m
Dual carriageway
8m
Pavement
Pavement
3m
Granular working
platform
0.8 m
Miragrid GX35-35
geogrid stabilisation
layer
Precast concrete
piles
Typical cross section through the Geolon PET geotextile reinforced piled embankment
Motorway pavements
Made ground
Regulating material
Varies 35 m to 40 m
below top of
pile caps
1
1
Class 1/Class 2 fill
1
1
2 to 3
2 to 3
Max. 12 m
0.05 - 0.15 m thick sand
1
1
Geolon PET geotextile infill layer between
0.9 m dia.
reinforcement
pile caps
and above pile caps
5-9.5 m
5-9.5 m
1.5 - 2.5 m
Varies
Not to scale
Railway track
Railway track
2.25 m
3
2
2.25 m
0.35 m thick
capping layer
3
Drainage channel 2
2.25 m
2.25 m
Railway track
Turf
0.4 m
Topsoil
1.5 mm HDPE geomembrane
Granular compacted fill
1.9 m
0.5 m
Dock wall
Surcharge
2.5 m
1.5 m
10 m
Dock wall
Soft sediments
100 m
Typical cross section through the Wallasey Dock soft site closure
Soil covering
0.5 m
0.2 m
Geomembrane liner
0.5 m
0.5 m
1.0 m
Key trench
1m
Sand fill cap
Key trench
1m
2m
5m
Waste sludge
180 m
Weathered sandstone
reinforced fill
44 m
Miramesh
erosion mesh
0.75 m
Miramesh erosion
protection mesh
1m
37 m
Miragrid XT
geogrid
74 m
Original ground level
1
23 m
14 m
53 m
New highway
alignment
25 m
Existing masonry
wall
Existing highway
alignment
Miragrid GX geogrid
reinforcement at 0.5 m
vertical spacings
Drainage pipe
Granular reinforced fill
Vegetated
face
Drainage pipe
Up to 34 m
Rock stratum
1
2
Geocomposite drain
Drainage pipe
Concrete foundation
Typical cross section through the reinforced slope at maximum height
Green geotextile
mesh
Surface drainage
channels
Reinforced
fill
Soil bags
Gabion debris
control structure
1
6m
1.2
Polyfelt PEC150
geocomposite
reinforcement
Ground profile before
construction
6m
6m
6m
Soil bags
Road surface
Miragrid GX geogrids,
5 m long
3m
6m
Miragrid GX geogrids,
8.5 m long
Reinforced fill
4m
Miragrid GX geogrids,
13 m long
Drainage pipes
Varies
1.5
Compacted fill
Existing soil stratum
Contractor: Phatthananuphap
Construction Co., Chiangmai, Thailand.
Road pavement
in Polyfelt TS geotextile
filter
5m
1
Reinforced fill
wrap-around Miragrid
GX geogrid
Drainage blanket wrapped
in Polyfelt TS geotextile
filter
5 m long soil
nails
0.5 m thick concrete raft
New
earthworks
fill
Concrete piles,
4 m long
Existing earthworks
Cross section through the reinforced slope
Upward side
Downward side
Vegetated
facing
1
Max. 26.5 m
Original ground
level
Original ground
level
Rock blocks
5m
Environmental barrier
Miragrid GX geogrids
wrapped around
bag facing
1.5
Miragrid GX geogrid
reinforcement at 0.6 m
vertical spacings
8m
14 m
Miragrid GX geogrid
reinforcement at 0.6 m
vertical spacings
11 m
Rail tracks
Vegetated surface
1.4
Cut benches
Existing embankment
Granular reinforced fill
Steel sheet
pile wall
5m
Sunfish Pond
Parapet
Plantable concrete
basket facing
Concrete
header
Freeway pavement
FACING DETAILS
Miragrid XT geogrid
reinforcement at
0.5 m spacings and
7 m length
Concrete
stretcher
up to 20 m
1.1 m
Miragrid XT geogrid
reinforcement at 0.3 m
spacings and 10 m length
Miragrid XT geogrid
reinforcement
Concrete
platform
Patio
Building
Miragrid GX80/30
geogrid at 0.5 m
spacings
10 m
125 mm thick
shotcrete
facing
Sand-coloured
rendered face
Miragrid GX110/30
geogrid at 0.5 m
spacings
8m
Geocell erosion protection
Desert sand foundation
Cross section through a 10 m high retaining wall, showing facing details
Barrier
Road
12.5 m
10 m
0.3 m thick
drainage column
Polyfelt PEC
geocomposite
reinforcement
1.6 m
Drainage pipe
Soil nails
Road
Condominiums
Reinforced soil walls
Road
Road
Reinforced soil wall
Cross section through the terraced slope development showing the location of the reinforced soil walls
Road
Concrete parapet
Carriage way
Concrete parapet
24 m
0.5 m thick
drainage layer
Concrete discrete
panel facing
Polyfelt TS30
geotextile filter
max 9 m
6m
6m
Concrete
foundation
pad
Compacted sand platform
1m
1m
1m
Foundation
Atalus 120
block facing
13 m
Road pavement
Parapet
Parapet
7.5 m
10 m
Atalus 120
block facing
7.5 m
Facing
foundation
pad
7.5 m
16 m
Firm foundation
Facing
foundation
pad
Foundation pad
Atalus 120
segmental blocks
0.25 m
0.35
m
0.7
CL
5.5 m
Parapet
Asphalt pavement
Compacted laterite fill
Bidim PEC125
geocomposite
reinforcement
Max 5.2 m
5.0 m
0.4 m
Concrete footing
Existing ground
Concrete footing
16.5 m
Reinforced concrete
reversing platform
1m x 1m rock-filled
gabion facing
Drainage pipe
17.5 m
Drainage pipe
14 m
Stabilized foundation
Fencing
Pavement
Residual soil
backfill
Wire mesh
facing units
0.9 m
Max. 13 m
9m
1
3
0.45 m
Mirafi PET HS
geotextile
reinforcement
Vegetated face
Collector drain
Existing ground
Drainage pipe
Compacted fill
Concrete pavement
Newcastle
standard blocks
Mirafi PET HS
geotextile
reinforcement
Max. 6.4 m
Drainage pipe
1.2 m
Compacted fill
Gravel leveling pad
Cross section through one of the reinforced segmental block retaining walls showing the Newcastle
block facing and the Mirafi PET HS geotextile reinforcement
6.5 m
Collector drain
Existing ground
1 m thick layer
compacted hardfill
2m
1
4.5 m
Guard rail
Pavement
Height varies
13.0 m
Soil-filled bags
with grass seed
Drainage blanket
Concrete
blocks
Granular fill between bottom
two geogrid layers
Fence
Miragrid 5XT
Anchor
Landmark
block units
Miragrid 5XT
1
Miragrid 5XT
Miragrid 5XT
14
Height varies
Miragrid 5XT
Miragrid 5XT
Miragrid 8XT
Miragrid 8XT
Miragrid 8XT
Foundation block
Foundation pad
Miragrid 8XT
Miragrid 8XT
100 mm dia. perforated
drainage pipes
0.3 m thick
drainage layer
Granular fill
Soil bags
0.15 m thick
shotcrete
facing
EL 914 m
1
Mirafi PET100
geotextile
reinforcement
Compacted loess
backfill
Shotcrete facing
0.5 m thick
concrete
facing
EL 901 m
Soil bags
EL 896 m
Concrete
facing
EL 889 m
Mirafi PET300
geotextile
reinforcement
Natural loess
stratum
Concrete
facing
EL 879 m
22 m
Sandstone foundation
Miragrid XT geogrids
3.0 m
5.6 m
Anchors
75 mm dia. galvanised pipe
Wall foundation
pad
Various components of the combined reinforced
soil and anchored wall
Quartzite rock stratum
Earth fill
Compacted backfill
Angled steel
mesh facing
Golf course
boundary
Compacted backfill
Compacted backfill
30 m
Undisturbed
bluff face
Subsurface drains
30 m
Subsurface drains
Soil dowels
Section through the landslide restoration showing the details of the shear-key wall
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