TEXTILES
(1) IT IS PROPOSED TO STUDY THE EVOLUTION OF TEXTILES USED IN VARIOUS CIVIL ENGINEERING STRUCTURES, ESPECIALLY IN EARTHWORKS AND DRAINAGE STRUCTURES. THE EVOLUTION WILL BE EVALUATED AS REGARDS THE MECHANICAL AND PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE OF TEXTILE MATERIALS AND AS REGARDS THE PHYSICO-CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF FIBRES. IT IS ALSO PROPOSED TO STUDY DEVICES FOR CONDUCTING TWO-DIRECTIONAL TENSILE TESTS ON TEXTILE MATERIALS AND MESHES. (2) THE MECHANICAL AND PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF TEXTILES AND ESPECIALLY NON-WOVEN MATERIALS ARE KNOWN AT THE INITIAL STAGE, BUT THEIR TIME-RELATED EVOLUTION IN LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ARE NOT SO WELL KNOWN. A SURVEY CARRIED OUT IN 1978 AMONG THE NETWORK OF REGIONAL LABORATORIES COVERED 60 STRUCTURES FROM WHICH SAMPLING OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF TEXTILE CAN BE TAKEN. (3) TEXTILE SAMPLING WOULD BE CARRIED OUT ON A NUMBER OF SELECTED STRUCTURES. A STUDY WILL BE MADE OF THE GEOTECHNICAL, PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CONDITIONS OF THE TEXTILE ENVIRONMENT. MECHANICAL AND PHYSICAL TESTS (STRENGTH, PERMEABILITY, POROSITY, POLLUTION) WILL BE UNDERTAKEN ON THESE TEXTILE SAMPLES. PHYSICO-CHEMICAL TESTS ON FIBRES WILL BE CONDUCTED BY THE INSTITUT TEXTILE DE FRANCE. A TENSILE TEST DEVICE FOR TEXTILES AND MESHES BASED DEVELOPED, AND AN INVESTIGATION WILL BE MADE INTO THE POSSIBILITY OF USING THE TWO-DIRECTIONAL TENSILE DEVICE OF THE INSA IN TOULOUSE.
Language
- French
Project
- Status: Active
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Contract Numbers:
ITRD 1-03-11-9
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Sponsor Organizations:
MINISTERE DES TRANSPORTS (MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT)
AV DU PRESIDENT KENNEDY 32
PARIS CEDEX 16, France F"75775MINISTERE DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT ET DU CADRE DE VIE (MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND QUALITY OF LIFE)
BOULEVARD SAINT GERMAIN 244
PARIS CEDEX 16, France F-75775 -
Project Managers:
PAUTE, J
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Performing Organizations:
LABORATOIRES DES PONTS ET CHAUSSEES (ROAD AND BRIDGE LABORATORIES)
58 BOULEVARD LEFEBVRE
PARIS CEDEX 15, France F-75732 - Start Date: 19730100
- Expected Completion Date: 0
- Actual Completion Date: 0
- Source Data: ITRD F500167
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Development; Drainage; Earthwork; Nonwoven materials; Permeability; Pollution; Porosity; Research projects; Sampling; Strength of materials; Tension; Tests; Woven materials
- ITRD Terms: 9013: Development; 2937: Drainage; 3653: Earthworks; 4558: Nonwoven material; 5921: Permeability; 2453: Pollution; 5938: Porosity; 8557: Research project; 6253: Sampling; 5544: Strength (mater); 5502: Tension; 6255: Test; 4549: Woven material
- Subject Areas: Environment; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Research; I35: Miscellaneous Materials; I51: Earthworks and Soil Drainage;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01293233
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Institut Francais des Sciences et Technologies des Transports, de l'Aménagement et des Réseaux (IFSTTAR)
- Contract Numbers: ITRD 1-03-11-9
- Files: ITRD
- Created Date: Nov 21 2010 3:55AM