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5. Geosynthetic
Reinforcement
6. Installation Procedures
Landslides Overview
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Example of Landslide
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Example of Landslide
REDUCED FILL
REINFORCED SLOPE REQUIREMENTS
REINFORCED SLOPE
STABLE
RIGHT OF
UNREIN FORCED WAY LIM IT
SLOPE
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Design of Reinforced Slopes - Failure Modes
External Failure Modes
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Reinforced Slope Systems - Geosynthetic
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Reinforced Slope Systems - Geosynthetic
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Reinforced Slope - Installation Procedures
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Treatment of Outer Face
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SR 62 Landslide in Dearborn County Indiana
RB-103-I
Station: 13~
Oflstt: 31 L
llt\-:uion: ~0
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Station: lH-(H
Offstt: 30 L
llt\"3Don: ~ 0
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SR 62 Landslide in Dearborn County Indiana
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SR 62 Landslide in Dearborn County Indiana
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SR 62 Landslide in Dearborn County Indiana
Weathered Shale
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Yeager Airport Runway Extension
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Yeager Airport Runway Extension
Existing
Required Runway Extension Runway 5
Elev. 940'
Elev. 930'
Existing Slope
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Yeager Airport Runway Extension
Runway 5
Slope Area
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Yeager Airport Runway Extension
Subsurface Exploration
Slope bearing area consisted mainly of colluvial,
sandstone rock and some shale.
RQD of Sandstone mostly above 70%.
Compressive strength of rock cores: 4,410 –14,160
psi.
Borrow area consisted mainly of weathered
sandstone, sandstone and some claystone.
Max. Dry Density of sandstone: 122 –133 pcf.
Internal Friction Angle: 38.9 –39.6 degrees.
Yeager Airport Runway Extension
Reinforced Slope
Embedment Lengths of Primary Reinforcement
ranged from 175 to 145 feet.
Approximately 1 Million Cubic Yards of Fill.
384,000 SY of Miragrid 20XT
256,000 SY of Miragrid 10XT
75,000 SY of MiraMesh GR
Construction of Yeager Airport Runway Expansion, 2005
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Construction of Yeager Airport Runway Expansion
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Construction of Yeager Airport Runway Expansion
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Engineered Material Arrestor System (EMAS)
The jet was stopped approximately 150 feet from the edge of the slope by the EMAS
In 2010
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Engineered Material Arrestor System
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Yeager Airport Runway Failure
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Yeager Airport Runway Failure
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Yeager Airport Runway Failure
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Yeager Airport Runway Failure
Google earth image before the failure, note the rocks between
slope and road.
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Yeager Airport Runway Failure
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Original design Reinforced 1:1 earth slope extension
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Yeager Airport Runway Failure