CHAPTER 7

GEONETS

Geonets- can be widely used I many aspects of rock project which have chemical stability,
excellent weather ability, resistance to corrosive and higher tensile strength and duration.

Geonets
 Geonets are also planar products
 Consists of ribs in two directions
 Apertures are of diamond shape
 Ribs in the two directions are at different planes
 Thickness of geonet is larger than that of geogrids
 Geonets are also referred to as geospacers

3 Types of Geonets

1. Biplanar geonet–these are the original and most common types and consist of two set of
intersecting ribs at difference angle and spacing.

2. Triplanar geonet – These have parallel central ribs with smaller sets of ribs above and
beneath mainly for geometric stability.

3. Other geonets –These newer geonet structures have either box shaped channels or
protruding columns from an underlying stability.
Functions of Geonets

DRAINAGE - Geosynthetic allows water to pass along its plane.

TRANSMISSIVITY- It occurs along the plane of geosynthetics

Application of Geonet

 Water drainage behind retaining walls

 Water drainage beneath sport fields
 Water drainage of frost-susceptible soils
 Water drainage beneath building foundations
 Water drainage of plaza decks
 Leachate drainage of landfill side slopes
 Leachate drainage above landfill liners
 Surface water drainage within landfill caps
 As a drainage blanket beneath a surcharge fill
Geonet Properties and Test Methods

Reference Number Test Property Description of Test

ASTM D5199 nominal thickness The nominal thickness of geosynthetics

is determined by observing the
perpendicular distance that a movable
plane is displaced from a parallel
surface by the geotextile or
geomembrane material while under a
specified pressure (2 kPa for geotextiles
and 20 kPa for geomembranes for 5s).
ASTM D1603 percent carbon black Plastic material is weighed and placed
content in a Nitrogen purged tube furnace for
15 minutes. Change in weight is
calculated as % Carbon black.
ASTM D1621 compressive strength A sample of geonet is placed in a
compression device and loaded until
peak strength is recorded.
ASTM D4218 percent carbon black Black polyethylene compound
content contained in a disposable aluminium
weighing dish is pyrolyzed in a muffle
furnace for a short period. During the
pyrolysis of the polymer, the air in the
muffle furnace becomes oxygen-
deficient to prevent the combustion of
the residual carbon black. After cooling
and weighing for residual carbon black,
the dish and contents may be reinserted
into the muffle furnace to determine ash
content and the results used to
determine true carbon black content.
ASTM D5321 Interface shear, cohesion, Shear resistance between a geosynthetic
friction angle and a soil, or a geosynthetic and
another geosynthetic is measured. The
geosynthetic and other material are
placed within a large-scale direct shear
box with an applied normal load on top.
The normal loads used (typically at
least three) normally represent design
conditions. A shear force is applied to
the apparatus such that one section of
the box is moved in relation to the
other. The shear force is recorded with
respect to displacement. The peak and
post-peak shear stresses are plotted
 against the applied normal stresses. The
test data are presented by a best fit
straight line whose slope is the
coefficient of friction between the two
materials where the shearing occurred.
The y-intercept of the straight line is
the adhesion.
ASTM D7179 breaking force A geonet specimen is gripped in a
tensile machine (full-width) and pulled
until the specimen fails. The maximum
breaking force is recorded and reported.
ASTM D1505 Density Density is determined based on
observing the level to which a test
specimen sinks in a liquid column
exhibiting a density gradient, in
comparison with standards of a known
density.

Installation of Geonet
1. Preparation of the supporting ground
2. Lateral trenches
3. Installation of drainage pipe
4. Lateral overlaps
5. Contiguous overlaps

Video Geonet

PE_Plastic_Rigid_Flat_Net_and_Geonet_Machine.mp4 (Command Line)

PE_Geonet_making_machine.mp4 (Command Line)

Reference:
Geosynthetics.com.on
https://www.geocomp.com/GeoTesting/Lab_Services_Geosynthetics_Geonet
http://www.climaxindia.com/geonets.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_s0c87fA70
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mn7hmbYbrCI