RD 670 – La Réole St Sève (33) Stabilization of the road using the TriAx® system

TX 170 GD - La Réole St Sève (33)

Client Department of Gironde
Consultant Department of Gironde
Quantity

6,400m²

Benefits
  • Economical in terms of base layer 
  • Easy and quick installation 
  • Reduced carbon footprint 
  • Increased trafficability 

Description solution 

Existing structure before work: 

  • 15cm of wearing course 
  • 20cm of untreated gravel 
  • 35cm to 1m of clay-gravel materials 

Using the Tensarpave software, an improvement of the road structure was designed by integrating the TRIAX TX 170 GD product to achieve a bearing capacity of 50MPa or 80MPa while reducing the layer of materials. 

Road Stabilization

Product solution description 

Solution #1 with the assumption of  soil bearing capacity of 20 MPa 

  • Triax® TX 170 GD 
  • 20cm of GNT 0/20 
  • Expected Bearing Capacity: 50 MPa 

Solution #2 with assumption of soil bearing capacity of 20 MPa 

  • TriAx® TX 170 GD 
  • 35cm of GNT 0/20 
  • Expected Bearing Capacity: 80 MPa 

The use of TriAx® allowed the removal of the 35cm to 1m of clay-gravel materials. 

TX 170GD is a stabilization system in polypropylene with rigid triangular meshes of secant modulus 480 kN/m, combined with a 100g/m² filtering geotextile with a strength of 8kN/m (standard EN ISO 10319).
The manufacturing process from a perforated and stretched polypropylene sheet creates very resistant nodes.
Its triaxial shape enables the confinement of aggregates for effective mechanical interlocking.
 

Stabilization of the road using the TriAx® system

 

 

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