There are five basic functions

that can be provided:

Separation, reinforcement,
filtration, drainage, and
containment.
In this topic we discuss more about
reinforcement in geocomposite
 are characterized by high tensile
strength combined with good in plane
permeability. They are mainly used for
the reinforcement of cohesive soils,
where their drainage function
promotes an increase in shear
strength.
 Geotextile have been reinforced by
various polymers, by fiberglass, and
by steel. Each will be described in this
section.
 Polymers
Many possibilities exist for making
fibers from two polymers or fabrics
from two fibers. One of the early
bicomponent fiber types, made into
a nonwoven heat-bonded geotextile,
was of the former type. It had a
polyester core surrounded by a
polypropylene sheath.
 Fiber Glass
As a synthetic material, fiberglass
represents a great potential for
geotechnical engineering
reinforcement applications.
Fiberglass has excellent mechanical
properties, including high tensile
strength, high modulus, and high
creep resistance.
 Steel
In a manner similar to that just described,
steel strand can be used with different
polymeric fabrics as the host material. In
this application, steel-reinforced woven
geotextiles have been used to greet
advantage as the support system for the
sea-bottom mattresses used to support
large concrete piers in the Netherlands.
 While the primary function of a
geomembrane is indeed as liquid or
vapor containment, it still can be
subjected to tensile stresses and, as
such, must be capable of adequate
performance in this regards.
 By suitably mixing soil and polymer
elements, a reinforced soil composite
results these interesting system are
described in this section.
 Fibers and meshes
Fiber reinforcement has long been used to
enhance the brittlel nature of cementatious
materials, so it should come as no surprise
that similar attempts should be made with
polymer fibers in soil. Most work has been
done with cohesionless sands and gravels,
but cohesive silts and clays might benefits as
well.
 Continous fibers
has pioneered the application of mixing
continous polyester threads with granular soil
to steepen and/or stabilize embankments
and slopes. The technique with fibers coming
from 40 bobbins, resulting in a weight
percentage of 0.1 to 0.2%.
 Three-Dimensional Geocells
rather than rely on friction, arching, and
entanglements of fiber or mesh for improved
soil performance, geosynthetics can be
manufactured so that they physically confine
the soil.