TEST PROCEDURES, SPECIFICATIONS, AND APPLICATIONS FOR GEOFABRICS IN HIGHWAY PAVEMENTS

This report summarizes the literature available on testing and specifications for geofabrics to be used in highway pavement applications. The applications considered are: drainage separation, reinforcement, silt fencing, and impermeable barriers. Based on this survey, a testing program and tentative specifications are presented. In addition, this report summarizes the Texas Highway Department's experience with geofabrics. It recommends areas in which geofabrics appear cost-effective, makes recommendations for future experimental work, and presents an analytical procedure by which the strengthening effect of geofabrics under base courses can be modeled. (Author)

• Record URL:
  • https://library.ctr.utexas.edu/hostedpdfs/tti/414-1F.pdf
• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/84957
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Research performed in cooperation with Federal Highway Administration Research Study title: Fabrics Under Base Courses.
• Corporate Authors:

  Texas Transportation Institute

  Texas A&M University System, 1600 E Lamar Boulevard
  Arlington, TX  United States  76011

  Texas State Department of Highways & Public Transportation

  Transportation Planning Division, P.O. Box 5051
  Austin, TX  United States  78763

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Scullion, T
  • Lux, S M
  • Holland, C N
• Publication Date: 1984-8

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 106 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Geotextiles; Pavements; Specifications; Test procedures
• Old TRIS Terms: Highway pavement
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Materials; Pavements; I35: Miscellaneous Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00395180
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-TX-84+414-1F Final Rpt.
• Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Nov 30 1985 12:00AM