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Spectacular Reinforcement Experiment Roughly 120 visitors came to the renowned Bauhaus University Weimar recently for a Department of Civil Engineering event entitled ”Energy. Experiment. Experience.” One of the event's highlights included the first public testing of geogrid-reinforced stone columns - using a 2.2-ton vehicle. NAUE GmbH & Co. KG, an international manufacturer of geosynthetics, worked with Prof. Dr.-Ing. Karl Josef Witt and Dipl.-Ing. Mary Noack from the Bauhaus University Weimar, to create the geogrid-reinforced stone columns. The geogrid used in the experiment was NAUE's Secugrid®. The four columns, each 40 x 40 x 40 cm (16 x 16 x 16 in.), were constructed in front of the audience. Crushed gravel 8 mm - 32 mm (0.3 in - 1.25 in.) was poured into the formwork with NAUE Secugrid® 40/40 Q1 geogrid inserted every 10 cm (4 in.) to create three layers of reinforcement. When the forklift was ready to set the vehicle upon the Secugrid®-reinforced columns, a few doubting voices were heard in the audience. ”A reinforcement geogrid cannot support that,” some said. ”It will collapse.” But did it work? Watch the video documentation ....
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