Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities, Feb 1995 v9 n1 
            p76(4) 
                Slope stabilization using old rubber tires and geotextiles. Paul 
                S.H. Poh; Bengt B. Broms. 
            Author's Abstract: COPYRIGHT American Society of Civil Engineers 
            1995 
            An innovative and inexpensive slope-stabilization scheme is 
            presented that uses old rubber tires and woven geotextile to arrest 
            the deterioration of a hill slope adjacent to a 100 m (328 ft) high 
            microwave-transmission tower on the Indonesian island of Batam. 
            Woven geofabric with a warp and a weft tensile strength of 80 kN/m 
            (5.5 kips/ft) was used to resist the lateral earth pressure of the 
            up to 2.15 m (7 ft) high wall. The internal stability and the 
            sliding resistance, as well as the bearing capacity were checked. 
            Rubber tires that were filled with granite aggregate and quarry 
            waste were used to protect the fabric against direct sunlight and 
            vandalism. Unskilled labor was used for the construction of the wall 
            and of the fill. The total cost was less than 40% of the estimated 
            cost of a conventional retaining wall. The paper discusses the 
            design and the construction of the wall, as well as the costs. 
             
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