Embankment Reinforcement with Woven Geotextile
Woven Geotextile can serve as reinforcement, a separator or drainage, and woven geotextile reinforcement is key for embankments. If an embankment sits on soft soil, excessive deformation causes it to bend downward. This deformation damages the structure above it. Basically, an embankment behaves like a loaded beam: if it bends too sharply, cracks form at the bottom. This analysis can determine the geotextile reinforcement strength needed so the embankment does not deform excessively.
Embankment reinforcement with woven geotextile
Woven Geotextile used in road embankments or dikes can reduce the stresses in the underlying soil layer, in principle when the layer is in tension due to the applied loads. With Woven Geotextile, the embankment structure is more stable and the embankment load is spread over a wider area, so Woven Geotextile reduces the pressure on the underlying soil.
An embankment reinforced with Woven Geotextile can deliver significant savings compared with conventional methods, such as stabilization with berms or soil replacement methods. When the foundation soil beneath the embankment is too soft to support the fill load above it, Woven Geotextile is needed as reinforcement.
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