December 2020 Vol. 1

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Reaching more Players in the Geosynthetic Industry 


NEWSMAKERS: * ACIGS * Boyd Ramsay * CETCO * Concrete Fabric™ * Dredging Services * ExcelPlas  * GCCM * GCL * Geofabrics * Geotube™ *GNA * GSI * Imagine * Malek Bouazza * Mineral Tech. * SENSOR * Solmax * TenCate

INDUSTRY NEWS

Australian Company Patents Geosynthetic Sensor Array
https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/95/a4/fe/3b24341b1ef8c8/US20200191549A1.pdf

Team Sensor Installing SENSOR DDS® Smart Monitoring System at a Lagoon
https://www.sensorgroup.com/installing-sensor-dds-smart-monitoring-system

‘An Introduction to Geosynthetics’ (Video) (Free ACIGS Webinar)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoehe2Za9IU

GEOTEXTILES

African Beach Restoration with Geotextile Erosion Protection System
http://geotextileseastafrica.com/portfolio/watamubeachrecovery/

Geotextile Pipeline Weights Increase the Life of Pipeline Assets
https://www.allanedwards.com/products/buoyancy-control-pipe-supports/ecobag-geotextile-pipeline-weights/

GEOTEXTILE DEWATERING TUBES

Case Study – Abattoir Sludge Ponds Desludging and Dewatering using Tencate Geotube™ and Robotic Dredging
http://cloud.excelplas.com/s/IGsuHhKka1QBIqr#pdfviewer

Geosynthetic Dewatering Tubes (GWT) for Sludge Treatment at Decentralized Sewage Treatment Plants (DSTP)
https://geo-xchange.com/decentralized-sewage-treatment-plants-a-new-paradigm-to-save-time-and-space/

GCLs

Presentation by Michael Donovan of CETCO on Lighter and Longer GCLs for Use in Mining Applications [PDF]
http://cloud.excelplas.com/s/Q8znuAgPZJ6TTes#pdfviewer​

Chinese Develop Hybrid-Structure Glass Geogrid-Reinforced GCL (GGCL)
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10426914.2019.1594258?src=recsys&journalCode=lmmp20

Performance of Multicomponent GCLs in High Salinity Impoundment Applications
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0266114420301151

GCCM

Market Research Report on GCCM Liners
http://cloud.excelplas.com/s/P03z638gS10dcYq#pdfviewer​

Research and Developments on GCCM by Chinese Military
http://cloud.excelplas.com/s/CbJsvtVNBGZM0vE#pdfviewer​

Concrete Fabric™ GCCM from SCG (Thailand)
Concrete liner in a roll is a fast and cost-effective way of slopes lining and lagoon linings when compared to traditional methods
https://www.zmartbuild.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/SCG-Concrete-Fabric-catalog-English-Version.pdf

GEOGRIDS

Experimental and Numerical Studies of Three-Layered Unreinforced and Geosynthetic-Reinforced Soil Slopes
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41062-020-00408-6

Planar Geosynthetic-Reinforced Soil Foundations: A Review
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42452-020-03930-5

Behaviour of Piled Embankment with Multi-interaction Arching Model
https://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/jgele.20.00084

UPCOMINGS ACIGS WEBINERS

  • ‘Ethics in Geosynthetics’ by Boyd Ramsey
  • ‘Forensic Assessment of the in-service Condition of Final Covers Over Historic Uranium Mill Tailings Disposal Facilities in the US’ by Craig Benson
  • ‘Ballast Stabilization and Mitigation of Ballast Degradation using Geogrids’ by Erol Tutumluer
  • ‘Soft Site Impoundment Closures Using Geosynthetics’ by Chris Lawson
  • ‘Pit Thermal Energy Storage – A Sustainable Energy Resources with Geosynthetic Solution’ by Catrin Tarnowski and Thomas Labda

https://www.acigs.org/civicrm/?page=CiviCRM&q=civicrm%2Fevent%2Fical&reset=1&list=1&html=1

Global Synthetics – Surficial Slope Stability Webinar (2 Dec. 2020)
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zjeo5ZYRTTKsrmZGPKD8fA

OTHER NEWS

Worldwide Request for Database of Guidelines/Regulations for Applications using Geosynthetic Barriers
http://cloud.excelplas.com/s/O1gTbnCynyE6Ynr​

Microanalysis of Smooth Geomembrane–Sand Interface using FDM–DEM Coupling Simulation
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0266114420301308

Geotextile-Wrapped Walls – Reduced Scale Geosynthetics Retaining Walls: Deformation Prediction
https://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/jphmg.20.00007

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