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Dr.-Ing. S. Schwerdt, Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences Summary When designing geosynthetic reinforcements to bridge earth failures, the required anchoring and overlap lengths must be determined in addition to the tensile force. When designing reinforcements using biaxially anisotropic reinforcements, the question arises as to how the load is transferred at the edges of the reinforcement. […]

Current developments 1. Introduction The DIN EN 13249 ff (12/2016) series of standards regulates the functions, function-related essential characteristics and applicable test methods for geosynthetics. The functions and applications are defined in DIN EN ISO 10318-1 (10/2018 edition) and the associated pictograms are standardised in DIN EN ISO 10318-2 (10/2018 edition). Fig. 1a: Functions according