A system for strengthening a sloped structure comprises first and second opposing sides, a bottom side, fill material, a plurality of facing baskets adjacent the first side, a plurality of reinforcing members disposed within the fill material, and an impermeable membrane. The second side is adapted to be adjacent the sloped structure. The bottom side adjoins bottom edges of the first and second sides, thereby forming a cavity within the first, second, and bottom sides. The fill material is disposed within the cavity. The impermeable membrane encapsulates at least a portion of the fill material and one or more of the reinforcing members. The facing baskets and the reinforcing members are positioned in a plurality of layers, with each layer comprising one facing basket and one corresponding reinforcing member. The impermeable membrane is positioned to span two or more layers of the plurality of layers.

A pre-disintegrated soft rock embankment structure based on spatial function zones and a design method thereof are provided. The embankment structure includes an embankment shear control zone, an embankment settlement control zone, and an embankment shear-settlement control zone. The embankment shear control zone is a zone in which a shear failure ratio is greater than a predetermined value. The embankment settlement control zone is a filled zone right below a top surface of an embankment. The embankment shear-settlement control zone is an intersection of the embankment shear control zone and the embankment settlement control zone. The provided structure and method improve the shear strength, stability, and durability, reduce footprint, shorten a settlement duration after construction, and solve engineering problems such as low slope ratio and large deformation of an embankment due to a long period of subsequent disintegration in the prior art.

A pre-disintegrated soft rock embankment structure based on spatial function zones and a design method thereof are provided. The embankment structure includes an embankment shear control zone, an embankment settlement control zone, and an embankment shear-settlement control zone. The embankment shear control zone is a zone in which a shear failure ratio is greater than a predetermined value. The embankment settlement control zone is a filled zone right below a top surface of an embankment. The embankment shear-settlement control zone is an intersection of the embankment shear control zone and the embankment settlement control zone. The provided structure and method improve the shear strength, stability, and durability, reduce footprint, shorten a settlement duration after construction, and solve engineering problems such as low slope ratio and large deformation of an embankment due to a long period of subsequent disintegration in the prior art.

A feedstock processing apparatus for applying, distributing, and compacting feedstock in defined layer heights, including a chassis with a traction drive and a first and second undercarriage. A frame structure connects the two undercarriages over a span width of the feedstock processing apparatus. A material feeding device is coupled to the frame structure. A material distributing device is coupled to the material feeding device and is displaceable in certain sections over the span width and configured to apply the feedstock in layers on soil in different, predefinable height positions between the undercarriages. A compacting device is displaceably mounted on the frame structure and/or the material distributing device. The compacting device and the material distributing device can be displaced in a manner dependent on one another respectively along a predefinable movement path.

A feedstock processing apparatus for applying, distributing, and compacting feedstock in defined layer heights, including a chassis with a traction drive and a first and second undercarriage. A frame structure connects the two undercarriages over a span width of the feedstock processing apparatus. A material feeding device is coupled to the frame structure. A material distributing device is coupled to the material feeding device and is displaceable in certain sections over the span width and configured to apply the feedstock in layers on soil in different, predefinable height positions between the undercarriages. A compacting device is displaceably mounted on the frame structure and/or the material distributing device. The compacting device and the material distributing device can be displaced in a manner dependent on one another respectively along a predefinable movement path.

The invention relates to a reinforced stabilisation strip (1) for reinforced embankment structures, comprising long reinforcing fibres (12) and a longitudinal casing (11) surrounding or enclosing the long reinforcing fibres (12), the casing (11) at least partially consisting of a functionalised polymer material (111) comprising a functionalised polyolefin. The invention also relates to a reinforced embankment structure (1) comprising such a stabilisation strip (1), and to a method for the production thereof.

A system for reinforcing and facing a wall comprises a plurality of facing baskets and corresponding substantially horizontal reinforcing members, arranged in a plurality of layers. An impermeable membrane is positioned to uninterruptedly span two or more layers. At each of one or more layers, a portion of the impermeable membrane is positioned around the outer end of the corresponding reinforcing member.

A system for reinforcing and facing a wall comprises a plurality of facing baskets and corresponding substantially horizontal reinforcing members, arranged in a plurality of layers. An impermeable membrane is positioned to uninterruptedly span two or more layers. At each of one or more layers, a portion of the impermeable membrane is positioned around the outer end of the corresponding reinforcing member.

The systems and methods disclosed herein provide inventive means for repurposing wind turbine blades. In an embodiment, a derivative of a decommissioned wind turbine blade may be positioned and anchored for use in soil retention installations (e.g., slope stabilization, land building, etc.). In another embodiment, a derivative of a decommissioned wind turbine blade may be implemented in infrastructure installations (e.g., bridge decking). In yet another embodiment, a derivative of a decommissioned wind turbine blade may be positioned and anchored to mitigate snow drifts (e.g., as a snow break). Additional uses of wind turbine blades are considered and disclosed herein.

The invention disclosed herein includes apparatus and a method for enhancing the evaporation rate of leachate from leachate evaporator ponds. The HIAP apparatus and method promotes enhances evaporation by providing heat from high powered industrial heat lamps that direct heated air and heat energy across the air/leachate liquid interface of the evaporator pond surface to increase the evaporation rate of leachate from the evaporator pond.