Geogrid for a runway/landing strip at Yverdon-Les-Bains Airport, Switzerland

airport runway and landing strip

Runway and landing strip

PRODUCTS:

TENAX MS multilayer integral geogrid

Location - Date:

Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland - 2000

A runaway/landing strip and a taxiway was built in Yverdon-les-Bains for about 30'000 m2 on turf subbase with total 30-45 cm crushed gravel.

In a field test before, MS 500 showed 35% higher E-modulus against a woven geogrid 35/35 kN/m.

runway stabilization

Beginning of the works – very high water table

grid structure for the taxiway, before filling

Grid structure of the MS 500 before filling - taxiway

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