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  2. Geofoam - Wikipedia

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    Geofoam was also used in embankments and bridge abutments for base stability. [4] Subsequently, because of the success of usage of geofoam for the I-15 Reconstruction Project, the Utah Transit Authority has used geofoam embankment for its light rail (i.e., TRAX) and commuter rail lines (i.e., FrontRunner). [7]

  3. Geosynthetics - Wikipedia

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    In addition, for most applications of geofoam and geocells, separation is the major function. Reinforcement is the synergistic improvement of a total system's strength created by the introduction of a geotextile, geogrid or geocell (all of which are good in tension) into a soil (that is good in compression, but poor in tension) or other ...

  4. Geogrid - Wikipedia

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    The use of fibers such as polypropylene and steel in conjunction with geogrids enhances strength and energy absorption while reducing slippage, shear, and bond strength. Geogrids are particularly effective in thin concrete layers and prefabricated structures, providing resistance to chemicals, corrosion, and temperature variations.

  5. Geotechnical engineering - Wikipedia

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    Geosynthetics are a type of plastic polymer products used in geotechnical engineering that improve engineering performance while reducing costs. This includes geotextiles, geogrids, geomembranes, geocells, and geocomposites. The synthetic nature of the products make them suitable for use in the ground where high levels of durability are required.

  6. Landscape maintenance - Wikipedia

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    Using tools, supplies, knowledge, physical exertion and skills, a groundskeeper may plan or carry out annual plantings and harvestings, periodic weeding and fertilizing, other gardening, lawn care, snow removal, driveway and path maintenance, shrub pruning, topiary, lighting, fencing, swimming pool care, runoff drainage, and irrigation, and ...

  7. Geotextile - Wikipedia

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    A silt fence on a construction site.. Geotextiles and related products have many applications and currently support many civil engineering applications including roads, airfields, railroads, embankments, retaining structures, reservoirs, canals, dams, bank protection, coastal engineering and construction site silt fences or to form a geotextile tube.

  8. The (Real) Problem With Fake Plants - AOL

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    Credit - Photo-Illustration by TIME; Capelle.r/Getty Images; Artfully79/Getty Images. W hen the German philosopher Immanuel Kant puzzled over why nature looks beautiful to us, he considered the ...

  9. Dish garden - Wikipedia

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    Cacti and succulents may do not do well, in a terrarium, as it gets too humid. For such plants, a dish garden is better. [5] A terrarium may in a closed container. The following plants are recommended [6] African violets, Aleo, Begonia, Bromeliad; Bonsai trees has been grown in dish gardens, for thousands of years, Peace lily, Philodendron ...