Abstract
This paper describes a test embankment where the geosynthetic-reinforcementis employed to stabilize the slope of embankment. In this site, pre-stressed steel bars were installed in the perpendicular direction to the geosynthetics stratiformly placed, expecting the gain of confining effect for soils which resulted in increasing the toughness of the soil structure. Several different reinforcement patterns with the pre-stressed steel bars were constructed. The gain of confining effect was examined and the stability of the slope was discussed. This paper presents a new method to stabilize the slope using the geosynthetic-reinforcement.
