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TITAN TIMES | 2021 YEAR IN REVIEW
Research & Innovation
With a strong commitment to innovation 2021 saw continued partnerships between Titan and post-secondary academia on research and product development initiatives benefiting the engineering community. The following outlines our research projects and published technical papers developed in conjunction with our partners.
Concordia University, Montreal QC (3 years NSERC Alliance Grant)
Queen’s University, Kingston, ON (Various NSERC Grant Projects)
Titan’s R&D team continued to work this year for the 3 years Alliance NSERC program for the ‘Geotextile Filtration to Improve Surface Water Quality' , with Concordia University Montreal, QC. Very encouraging results were obtained from both for Lake Caron and Lake Johanne studies. Emphasis was laid on the recycled use of custom-made geotextiles to contribute to the circular and sustainable economy.
Titan continued the novel research on Bituminous Geomembranes to investigate their physical, hydraulic, and chemical performance along with seam performance and shear behavior with Queen’s University Kingston, Ontario. Titan is also participating in the NSERC strategic research grant proposal on Geosynthetic Liners for the sustainable development of Arctic mineral resources. This research will be extremely useful for Canada’s Northern Regions in light of global warming.
McGill University, Montreal QC (3 years NSERC Alliance Grant)
University of Waterloo (NSERC Alliance (3 years)
One grant is to continue the research for improving the performance of ground-supported slabs subjected to extreme environmental conditions using Titan’s innovative high modulus rigid Fiberglass Grids. Sam Bhat, Titan’s CTO of Geosynthetics says, “I’m excited to collaborate with McGill University’s Geo- Group on this groundbreaking study, which aims to provide an alternative environmentally friendly design option by utilizing Titan’s advanced ConForce Grid™ to reduce maintenance costs and extend the service life of concrete structures exposed to harsh environmental conditions and cold climates in Canada. This method is projected to result in long- term solutions with a significant reduction in carbon emissions”. The second innovative grant is pertaining to the sustainable design of railway embankments in the Canadian cold climate. This is a new research project with McGill University studying the performance of reinforced railway tracks using Titan’s innovative geosynthetic products.
Titan’s research team has been working closely with the Centre for Pavement and Transportation Technology at the University of Waterloo (UW) on, ‘Evaluation of geosynthetic reinforced pavements by field and laboratory testing, integrated with thermo-hydro-mechanical modeling.' In this project, Titan’s innovative Freeze-Thaw SuperGrid™ and Spartan Road Grid™ EPM are being used in lab-scale testing and will be later used in field testing. In the Canadian context, climate factors such as temperature, frost and thaw actions, and moisture are the primary cause of pavement deterioration. Titan is optimizing products to effectively mitigate cold climate impacts in project design and applications.
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