Application: Evaluation of ShearForce™ 10 for replacing rock riprap in high flow areas
Installation: ShearForce™ 10 on Sept. 10, 2019
Overview: We installed the InstaTurf ShearForce™ 10 at a coal mine in Indiana in September 2019 to demonstrate the erosion armoring capabilities of the product compared to rock riprap. Tim Lancaster revisited the site on multiple occasions to see how the ShearForce™ 10 product, unprotected control sections, and rock check dams held up through the winter months. As you will see, the ShearForce™ 10 test section remained solid after a long, very wet winter, whereas the unprotected control sections and riprap structures had failed.