Today, cellular confinement systems (also know as geocells) have found a growing market in slope stabilization, porous paving and retaining walls. Its flexibility, strength and durability offer the designer a versatile tool to accomplish an affordable and functional solution. geocell is a lightweight, expandable confinement system that creates an economical, eco-friendly foundation or erosion barrier for load support, slope erosion control, earth retention, or channel wall protection.

Despite the effectiveness of the geocell technology, particularly in slope and channel applications, its use in base reinforcement of paved roads and railways was limited due to the lack of design methods, lack of advanced research in the last two decades and limited understanding of the reinforcement mechanisms.

A Cellular Confinement System when infilled with compacted soil creates a new composite entity that possesses enhanced mechanical and geotechnical properties. When the soil contained within a geocell is subjected to pressure, it causes lateral stresses on perimeter cell walls. The 3D zone of confinement reduces the lateral movement of soil particles while vertical loading on the contained infill results in high lateral stress and resistance on the cell-soil interface.

Applications of Cellular Confinement Systems

• Culvert Headwalls
• Steepened embankments
• Dyke and levee protection
• Landscape development walls
• Vegetated channel structures
• Sound barriers