Geosynthetics for resilient geotechnics: A review of applications and innovations
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2025-08-19
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Geotechnics play a key role in sustainable development and infrastructure resilience. Resilience, the capability of systems to recover from disruptions such as earthquakes, heavy traffic, and extreme weather, complements sustainability by focusing on long-term societal and environmental well-being. Achieving resilience requires adaptable designs that address current needs while preparing for future challenges and environmental impacts. This dual focus highlights the need to integrate technical, environmental, and socio-economic considerations into geotechnical infrastructure systems. Geosynthetics have become vital in geotechnics, enhancing durability, safety, and performance while reducing ecological impact. Their applications in reinforcing roadways, embankments, and retaining structures improve load distribution, minimize deformation, and prevent failures under various conditions. This paper examines the role of geosynthetics in resilient infrastructure, focusing on applications such as stabilization against environmental forces, enhanced drainage and moisture management, increased load-bearing capacity, landslide recovery, and flood mitigation, with case studies illustrating successful applications, best practices, and lessons learned. Innovations in geosynthetic technologies, resiliency metrics in modern Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA), and environmental impacts are also explored. The paper identifies knowledge gaps and highlights areas for further research required to advance resilient geotechnics.
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This is a manuscript of an article published as Hasheminezhad, Araz, Halil Ceylan, Sunghwan Kim, and Erol Tutumluer. "Geosynthetics for resilient geotechnics: A review of applications and innovations." Transportation Geotechnics (2025): 101676. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trgeo.2025.101676.
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