What is a geonet?
A geonet is a geosynthetic material similar in structure to a geogrid, consisting of integrally connected parallel sets of ribs overlying similar sets at various angles for in-plane drainage of liquids or gases. Geonets are often laminated with geotextiles on one or both surfaces and are then referred to as drainage geocomposites. They are competitive with other drainage geocomposites having different core configurations.
What is Geonet made of?
All geonets that are currently available are made from polyethylene resin. The density varies from 0.94 to 0.96 mg/L, with the higher values forming the more rigid products. In this regard, the resin is true high-density polyethylene (HDPE) unlike the density used in HDPE geomembranes that is really medium density. The resin is formulated with 2.0 to 2.5% carbon black (usually in a concentrated form mixed with a polyethylene carrier resin), and 0.25 to 0.75% additives that serve as processing aids and anti-oxidants.
What are the applications of geonets?
Geonets can be used in a wide range of areas such as in road construction, road widening, and asphalt work, building construction and foundations, retaining walls, dams, artificial ponds, and water reservoirs, and many more. geosynthetics materials are transforming highway construction work.
Uses of Genet
Genets can be used in a wide range of areas such as in road construction, road widening, and asphalt work, building construction and foundations, retaining walls, dams, artificial ponds, and water reservoirs, and many more. geosynthetics materials are transforming highway construction work.
Due to its multifunctional structure, genet applications have been widely preferred in the construction industry all around the world.
In addition to all these advantages, these innovative products can be installed at every phase of the construction in order to improve road design, conserve water, control evaporation, minimize the possibility of erosion, increase the durabilit of structures, and make them last longer.
What is the difference between geogrid and geonet?
Geogrids are plastics formed in a wide open, regular netlike structure, purpose-developed for the reinforcement of soil. Geonets are produced by a continuous extrusion of intersecting ribs that form a network structure, suitable for liquid drainage.