(20 points) Design a geotextile reinforced wall that is 12 m high (i.e. specify the geotextile, Sv, L, and II. The backfill has unit weight of 16kN/m3 and f'=300. The available geotextiles are given below. Use factors of safety of 1.5 for breaking and 1.4 for pull out. Assume the frictionangle between soil and geotextile is 2/3 of the soil's friction angle. For this exercise check only for internal stability.Reduction factorNonwovenWovenInstallation damage1.21.3creep1.21.1degradation11Tensile strength(kN/m)90500Price $/roll of15ftx360ft5801600

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