Thinking outside the box: The time dependent behaviour of a reinforced embankment on soft soil

Applications of eco-friendly geotextiles are gaining a preference over traditional polymeric geotextiles as measures to reinforce earth embankments. Understanding the behaviour of these eco-friendly geotextiles sometimes known as limited life geotextiles (LLG) is in its infancy. This paper explains the behaviour of an embankment reinforced with Sisal fibre geotextiles constructed within a box. The diminishing need for geotextile is represented...