Raven Industries (Undated b) DURA-SKRIM.
Absorbent test
The absorbent provides an excellent way to
Flexible Films Department, Raven Industries,
"dry" silty gravelly sands and possibly silts. It
Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
works extremely well for light traffic and foot
Raven Industries (Undated c) RUFCO 2010B &
traffic. However, soils became friable and rutted
3010B. Flexible Films Department, Raven Indus-
under repeated truck traffic. The absorbents will
tries, Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
not provide enough strength for these soils to be
Raven Industries (Undated d) RUFCO 610B &
used inside a MESL.
1010B. Flexible Films Department, Raven Indus-
tries, Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Reef Industries, Inc. (1996a) Fab Tape Sales Spec-
RECOMMENDATIONS
ifications. Reef Industries, Inc., Houston, Texas.
The use of MESLs is not recommended for
Reef Industries, Inc. (1996b) Permalon Ply X-150.
Army engineer construction. The construction
Reef Industries, Inc., Houston, Texas.
procedure is not suitable for construction of lines
Reef Industries, Inc. (1996c) Permalon Ply X-210.
of communication (LOC) in the theater of opera-
Reef Industries, Inc., Houston, Texas.
tions. If a unit does feel that a MESL is an appro-
Reef Industries, Inc. (1996d) Permalon Ply
priate project, Appendix A recommends materi-
X-210G. Reef Industries, Inc., Houston, Texas.
als for constructing one.
Richardson, G.N. (1996) Field evaluation of geo-
Absorbents will not work for drying the en-
synthetic protection cushions. Geotechnical Fab-
capsulated soil for a MESL. However, the absor-
rics Report, March 1996, p. 2025.
bents worked extremely well for foot traffic and
Sale, J.P., F. Parker Jr., and W.R. Barker (1973)
light vehicular traffic and moderately well for
Membrane encapsulated soil layers. Journal of the
truck traffic when not used in conjunction with a
Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division, Proceed-
MESL.
ings of the American Society of Civil Engineers,
99(SM12): 10771089.
Schaefer, D. (1973) MESL road construction at
LITERATURE CITED
Fort Wainwright, Alaska. USA Cold Regions
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Falls, South Dakota.
tion Division, Office of Development, Federal
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