High performance geotextiles are intricately woven fabrics used primarily in load support applications due to their stiff nature. HP Geotextiles have high tensile strength properties, allowing them to aid in bridging soft soils to disperse concentrated loads across larger surface areas.
High Performance Geotextiles are typically more economical than other types of geogrid because they are simpler by nature to manufacture. When attached to the face of a retaining wall, they provide a mechanical layer to support and mitigate any forces pushing against the face of the wall. Ultimately, this reduces the amount of required excavation, lowers cost, and opens an opportunity to build larger, longer lasting walls. When spaced appropriated between lifts of soil or aggregate, uniaxial geogrid disperses threatening loads across the entirety of the system to provide a mechanical interaction between the geosynthetic layers and the fill materials. This leads to an overall increase in the integrity of the wall or slope.