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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2013
Applicant:
Geopier Foundation Company, Inc., Davidson, NC (US);
Inventors:
Russell Green, Christiansburg, VA (US);
Kord J. Wissmann, Mooresville, NC (US);
Assignee:
GEOPIER FOUNDATION COMPANY, INC., Davidson, NC (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E02D 3/00 (2006.01); E02D 3/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E02D 3/00 (2013.01); E02D 3/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A soil reinforcement system including angled soil reinforcement elements to resist seismic shear forces and methods of making same are disclosed. For example, the soil reinforcement system includes an array or grid of angled soil reinforcement elements installed within the ground, wherein the angled reinforcement elements are designed to absorb and/or resist earthquake-induced seismic shear forces by transferring the applied shear forces into axial compressive and tensile forces within each of the angled reinforcement elements.