The design of one geosynthetic reinforcement layer within a load transfer platform:product identity, stiffness and strength (each meaningless without the strain leveland elapsed time they were taken at), the reduction factors applied to reach along-term design value, the tension the layer must carry by load path, anchorage,allowable strain, and where the layer sits within the platform. Generic designmachinery, not specific to rigid inclusions: geosynthetic-reinforced load transferplatforms are standard practice for column-supported embankments generally,including stone columns and driven piles. The as-built counterpart,diggs:GeosyntheticType, is declared in the rigid inclusion schema, so design andas-built for this concept are in different files. Tensile stiffness (J) is anisochronous secant modulus, defined only once a strain level and elapsed time arestated, and long-term design strength depends on design life and thereduction-factor chain in the same way; both are also direction-dependent, sincemachine and cross-machine directions differ substantially in most geogrids. HenceatStrain, atTime and atDesignLife accompany the stiffness and strength, anddirection is its own field. Repeat this object once per layer: its presence statesthat basal reinforcement is used and the number of repeats is the layer count, soneither is stated as a separate value.
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<element name="DesignGeosyntheticLayer" type="diggs:DesignGeosyntheticLayerType"><annotation><documentation>The design of one geosynthetic reinforcement layer within a load transfer platform: product identity, stiffness and strength (each meaningless without the strain level and elapsed time they were taken at), the reduction factors applied to reach a long-term design value, the tension the layer must carry by load path, anchorage, allowable strain, and where the layer sits within the platform. Generic design machinery, not specific to rigid inclusions: geosynthetic-reinforced load transfer platforms are standard practice for column-supported embankments generally, including stone columns and driven piles. The as-built counterpart, diggs:GeosyntheticType, is declared in the rigid inclusion schema, so design and as-built for this concept are in different files. Tensile stiffness (J) is an isochronous secant modulus, defined only once a strain level and elapsed time are stated, and long-term design strength depends on design life and the reduction-factor chain in the same way; both are also direction-dependent, since machine and cross-machine directions differ substantially in most geogrids. Hence atStrain, atTime and atDesignLife accompany the stiffness and strength, and direction is its own field. Repeat this object once per layer: its presence states that basal reinforcement is used and the number of repeats is the layer count, so neither is stated as a separate value.</documentation></annotation></element>