Use in geosynthetic piled embankments

Vertical bearing members used for such stmctures are considered uncompressible therefore, typically concrete piles, timber piles, concrete columns, or grouted stone columns have been used. Geosynthetic reinforcement is typically required to have high 

1 Nature of arching between adjacent pile caps and determination of unarched vertical stress acting on basal reinforcement 

2 Resulting deflected shape of basal reinforcement and method used to determine generated tensile loads 

3 Method by which unarched vertical stress over plan area of basal reinforcement is transferred by tensile loads to adjacent pile caps 

National road N210 is a geosynthetic-reinforced embankment on precast concrete piles (Fig. 16.12). 

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