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Oregon State University research reveals railroad ballast performance improvement using GEOWEB geocells

By Katie Bocskor, Manager, Marketing, Presto Geosystems Oregon State University (OSU) recently performed state-of-the-art, three-dimensional dynamic finite element modeling to analyze the reinforcing benefit of Presto Geosystems’ GEOWEB geocells in railway ballast applications. Completed in cooperation with the University of Kansas (KU), which simultaneously put in motion a testing program of geocell-reinforced ballast placed over weak [...]

By westonjohnson|2022-01-25T01:40:00-06:00January 25, 2022|

IGS-NA focuses on the Geosynthetics Conference 2019, service award and webinars

In this edition of the IGS-NA News column, the board of directors gives a special thank-you to John Allen for putting together a strong list of speakers for our educational webinars this year. IGS-NA supports Geosynthetics Conference 2019 The North American Chapter of the International Geosynthetics Society (IGS-NA) supports the next edition of the long-running [...]

By Richard Brachman|2018-08-01T00:00:21-05:00August 1, 2018|

Presto releases GEOWEB ballast research

On Feb. 21, 2018, Presto Geosystems, manufacturer of the HDPE GEOWEB® base stabilization system, released results from rigorous railroad-track research performed to quantify the reinforcement benefit of GEOWEB-confined ballast as compared to unconfined ballast. The company said the research was a cooperative effort under the direction of Ben Leshchinsky, Ph.D., P.E., of Oregon State University, [...]

By westonjohnson|2018-02-24T22:30:50-06:00February 24, 2018|

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