Combining Geosynthetics to Construct Steep Vegetated Slopes and Retaining Walls

摘要

Soil reinforcement using sheets of embedded inclusions, such as steel-wire grids, woven geotextile fabrics, and polymeric geogrids, has significantly advanced geotechnical design and construction practices in the earthwork industry over the past 40 years. Installing planar, horizontal reinforcing elements in a constrained, compacted soil fill is the basis for constructing mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) structures that include steepened slopes (known as reinforced soil slopes, or RSS) and near-vertical retaining walls.