Thickness
Weight per unit area
Puncture resistance
Cone drop resistance
Pore size
Cross permeability
In plane permeability
Clogging resistance
GEOTEXTILE TESTING
Geosynthetic materials are becoming popular among civil engineers because of their capacity to act as reinforcement, drainage, filter and separator. testing of Geotextile is necessary for deciding its suitability for specific purpose and for quality control.
The institute has capability to determine following properties of geotextile.
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Thickness |
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Weight per unit area |
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Puncture resistance |
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Cone drop resistance |
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Pore size |
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Cross permeability |
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In plane permeability |
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Clogging resistance |
Important Application Made
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Dharoi dam |
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Medha creek |
Reinforced Soil
Reinforced soil is a composite construction technique in which the strength of soil is enhanced by addition of tensile reinforcement in the form of strips, anchors, geosynthetics which involves generation of frictional force between the soil and the reinforcement. Reinforced soil possesses many noble characteristics which render it eminently suitable for construction of engineering structures.
Institute has made an excellent application of reinforced soil technique in construction of a water tank. Other applications of reinforced soil technique are retaining wall, bridge abutment, road embankments etc.
Important Applications Made
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Slope protection at Gandhar |
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Command area roads |
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Runway of Ahmedabad air port |
Important Studies Conducted
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Creep study |
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Anchor pull out study |
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Improvement in bearing capacity |
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Earth pressure on retaining wall |
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Construction of water tank |
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Model / Proto scale study on |
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R. E. Retaining wall |