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US 4,610,568 AGranted
Slope stabilization system and method
OwnerRobert M. Koernerinventor
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Abstract
A system and method for slope stabilization applicable to a wide range of slopes comprised of a variety of soils. A layer of geosynthetic fabric is deployed upon the surface of the slope to be stabilized and is anchored to the stable earth region which underlies the potential slip zone of the slope. The system actively maintains the potential slip zone between the geofabric layer and the underlying stable earth region.
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A retaining system for stabilizing the potential slip zone of a slope which overlies a stable earth region comprising:
- (a) a layer of geosynthetic fabric covering the potential slip zone of the slope;
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- (b) anchoring means for compressing the potential slip zone of the slope between said fabric layer and the underlying stable earth region, including:
- (i) a plurality of anchoring rods driven through the potential slip zone of the slope into the underlying stable earth region;
- (ii) said anchoring rods deployed in a substantially equally spaced array;
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- (iii) means for coupling said anchoring rods to said fabric layer whereby said anchoring rods extend from said layer of fabric into the underlying stable earth region and the potential slip zone of the slope is compressed between said fabric layer and the underlying stable earth region.
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A method for stabilizing the potential slip zone of a slope which overlies a stable earth region comprising:
- (a) covering the surface of the slope with a layer of geosynthetic fabric;
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- (b) anchoring said geosynthetic fabric layer to said underlying stable earth region such that the potential slip zone of the slope is compressed between said geosynthetic fabric layer and the underlying stable earth region, including:
- (i) affixing a plurality of grommets to said geosynthetic fabric to define a substantially equally spaced array of anchoring points for said geosynthetic fabric layer;
- (ii) driving an anchoring rod through each said grommet and into the underlying stable earth region;
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- (iii) coupling each anchoring rod to said geosynthetic fabric layer at said respective grommets such that when said driving is completed said anchoring rods maintain said layer of geosynthetic fabric forcefully engaged with the surface of the slope whereby said potential slip zone of the slope is maintained in compression between said geosynthetic fabric layer and said underlying stable earth region.
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