The role of the reinforcement structure on the interaction mechanism with the soil

Abstract

The rôle of the reinforcement structure on its interaction mechanism with the soil is studied based upon the results of five pull-out tests carried out with three different types of geosynthetic structures in a granular soil.

The influence of the transverse bars of the grids on their interaction mechanism with a granular soil is analysed by comparing the results of four pull-out tests, two of them carried out with samples of an intact geogrid and an intact paragrid and another two with samples of similar materials without transverse bars.