Geocells are mainly developed for the protection and stabilization applications including slope and channel protection, reservoirs and landfills, earth retention, and for load support. This is also known as Cellular Confinement System, often used to improve the performance of standard construction materials and erosion control treatments. Its products were developed in the late 1970s and early 1980s, which mainly includes the protection of steep slope surfaces, dynamic and static load support, water retaining gravity structures and protective lining of hydraulic structures etc.
To keep the roadways working in underground mines, which sometimes become difficult to attain a minimum height to the roof, geocells techniques are very beneficial in these situations. As several companies are available that involves in the manufacturing and supplying of cellular confinement system, sometimes it is difficult to select the best one for your project.
The benefits which you can find while choosing the geocell technique for your projects are:
• Environmental: This factor is majorly considerable in geotechnology engineering, therefore the system you select should enables flow of water, nutrients and soil organisms and enhance plant growth, soil health and visual landscape.
• Economical advantage: It should be cost effective that reduces the quantities of surface cover required and must have long lifespan that maximizes the project lifecycle costs.
• Materialistic: This unique polymer technology must possess high resistance to UV, oxidation, extreme temperatures and water.
• Operational: It must promote the infiltration and limit the impact of hydrostatic forces with the enhanced soil structure and reduces the impact of raindrops.
• Constructional and design: Geocells should physically protect against run- off and erosive forces, should facilitate the plant and root interlock which further stabilize the soil slope and mass and moreover it must be frictional resistance that reduces soil sliding and migration.
Above are some basic benefits which can help you in selecting the best geocell technology for your project. The 3D structure of cellular confinement system products are generally made from high density polyethylene (HDPE) or another polymer material, which improves the functional and structural behavior of soils and aggregate infill materials. The common geocell infill types are concrete, vegetated topsoil and aggregates.
The suppliers of geocells have in depth knowledge about the usage and benefits of it such as it provide an excellent soil protection, plant growth stratum and drainage system when used for slope and channel protection applications and on the other hand when used in load support applications, it reduces the usage of haul and earth moving equipments by reducing the amount of type fills required to reinforce soil.
If you want the best one for your projects, just Google (search) the suppliers over the internet and compare the quality and other benefits.
