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Reinforcement and stabilization

When used for reinforcement purposes, geotextiles, are  placed below or between soil layers to take up tensile forces and thereby improve mechanical properties .

They are preferably used in supporting structures based on the principle of "reinforced soil" or for stabilizing earth banks on types of soil with a poor load-bearing capacity.
In many cases this makes expensive constructive measures, a soil exchange or the installation of an additional soil layer,unnecessary. The rapid passage of trains, cars or the take off and landing of airplanes in very brief intervals of time, apply dynamic loads to the soil resulting in very intense compression and decompression cycles.

The foundation, being thus subjected to fatigue stresses, can undergo fracturing up to the point of collapse. Under these conditions, both very thick layers of aggregate, and frequent and expensive maintenance are required (although these maintenance costs are high, by far the most important cost factor is the reduction in revenue caused by the disruption of services).

Tessilbrenta Geotextiles laid on the base of the road , railway ballast or airport runway, constrain the aggregate by laterally confining it, and creating the necessary tensile forces. The aggregate's thickness can therefore be reduced with considerable savings.

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