Section 3100 Reinforced Soit The panel lugs shall be manufactured from hot-rolled steel strips with the same steel quality and grades as specified above, except that the minimum zinc coating weight not less than 600 gm/sq.m. All permanent metallic connectors (exposed to soil), tie strips and lugs shall be hot dip galvanized. Nuts/ bolts (fasteners) shall be galvanized as per requirements of IS: 1367- Part 3. Nuts/ bolts (fasteners) shall be of grade 10.9. For all metallic components, where holes or penetrations are made through the reinforcing elements to accommodate connection such as bolts, pins, or other, the cross section thickness and/or width of metallic component shall be increased to account for section loss caused by the hole or penetration. 3103.5 Stainless stee! strip shall comply with BS: 1449 (Part 2) quality 315 $ 31 or 3/6 S 33 except that the material shall be cold rolled to provide a 0.2 percent proof stress of not less than 400 Nimm?and the tensile strength shall not be less than 540 Nimm?. 3103.6 All metallic components buried in soil shall be of electrolytically compatible materials. 3103.7 Geotextile, Geogrids and other Geosynthetic Materials used as Reinforcing Elements 3103.7.4 Geotextile High strength high tenacity geotextile fabrics used as reinforcement in the construction of reinforced slopes or in the base of reinforced soil structure as reinforcement, shall be considered as reinforcing element and shall satisfy all the requirements stipulated for geosynthetic reinforcing elements, in Clause 3103.7.2, Geotextile fabric used for separation, filtration and/ or drainage shall satisfy the requirements given in relevant Clauses of Section 700 Geosynthetics. 3403.7.2 Geogrids The manufacturer of geogride, geotextiles, goostrips, polymeric strips or straps, polymeric. ties or any other geosynthetic material, including any proprietary geosynthetic material, for use as reinforcing element shall fulfil the following requirements: a) Shall have ISO ( 1S0-9001) or CE Certification for manufacturing process and quality control, and b) The product shall have certification for use as soil reinforcing material from an agency accredited for certifying geosynthetic reinforcement products.Reinforced Soil Section 3100 c) The manufacturer shall provide test reports from an independent laboratory with valid accreditation, for all the tests needed to establish all the reduction factors listed below RF,,- Reduction factor for creep. RF, - Reduction factor for installation damage RF,,- __ Reduotion factor for weathering RF.,- Reduction factor for chemical/ environmental effects. f, = Factor for the extrapolation of data Alll the above factors shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of ISO/TR 20432- “Guide to the determination of long-term strength of geosynthetics for soil reinforcement.” Project Specific Tests/Data ‘Test for the ultimate tensile strongth shall bo carried out on a random sample for each grade of reinforcement as per ISO-10319. The test results shall be accompanied by stress-strain curves showing strength at 2% and 5% strain and strain/elongation at failure. The manufacturer shall also provide the results of ultimate tensile strength for each lot and all grades of reinforcement proposed for use in the project. ‘Annual Average Daily Temperatures (AADT)/design temperature of the project site shall be ‘worked out and values of reduction factor for creep RF, and for RF,,, shall be provided as er procedures given in ISO/TR-20432. Tests shall be carried out to provide values of i) Pull-out coefficient as per ASTM D 6706 “Standard Test Method for Measuring Geosynthetic Pullout Resistance in Soil” and ii) Coefficient of interaction between reinforced fill soil and geogrids as per ASTM D 5321-'Standard Test method for Determining the Coefficient of Soil and Geosynthetic or Geosynthetic and Geosynthetic Friction by the Direct Shear method” or as per IS: 13326: Part 1-1992 “Method of tast for the evaluation of interface friction between geosynthetics and soil: Part 1 Modified direct shear technique’ for all types of geogrids. ‘One set of project specific tests shall be conducted at third party accredited laboratory or at a reputed institute. Each roll shall have at least one identification label with roll number and product type. 803