MECHANISM OF GEOTEXTILE PERFORMANCE IN SOIL-FABRIC SYSTEMS FOR DRAINAGE AND EROSION CONTROL (ABRIDGMENT)

Over the past 15 years, more than 250,000,000 sq m (300,000,000 sq yd) of geotextiles have been used in drainage and erosion-control systems. Initial geotextile specifications established a decade ago were based on the best-available understanding of fabric function in fabric-soil systems. Considerable research over the past 10 years has significantly changed the understanding of how fabrics function in these systems. As a consequence, fabric specifications now need modification to achieve maximum cost-effective performance. Therefore, a state-of-the-art model of soil-fabric systems is given, and the key physical properties of geotextiles needed for acceptable performance are suggested. Knowing how fabrics function and which properties are important, the designers and contractors of drainage and erosion-control systems can properly specify and install the geotextiles needed in a given system for acceptable performance at minimum cost. (Author)

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• Authors:
  • Weimar Jr, Richard D
• Publication Date: 1983

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 37-40
• Monograph Title: Engineering fabrics in transportation construction
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 916
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cost effectiveness; Drainage; Erosion control; Geotextiles; Mathematical models; Specifications
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Materials; I42: Soil Mechanics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00381705
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309035597
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Mar 30 1984 12:00AM