THE TRUTH ABOUT GEOTEXTILES

In a survey of state and county highway departments, Better Roads' editors found that 53.8% of geotextile users buy both wovens and nonwovens, while 33.4% specify nonwovens exclusively and 12.8% use only wovens. Engineers in 37 states and about 200 counties completed the questionnaire. A total of 84.3% of survey respondents uses some type of geotextiles, averaging 633,737 sq yds each in the past year. A look at grab tensile strengths related to minimum grab tensile elongation percent specifications - as required by respondents - is particularly interesting. A total of 60.8% of survey respondents uses both specs.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/1519687
• Publication Date: 1988-9

Media Info

• Features: Tables;
• Pagination: p. 42-48
• Serial:
  • Better Roads
  • Volume: 58
  • Issue Number: 9
  • Publisher: James Informational Media, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0006-0208
  • Serial URL: http://www.betterroads.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Consumer behavior; Consumer preferences; Data collection; Geotextiles; Specifications; Surveys; Tensile strength
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Materials; I35: Miscellaneous Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00475829
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 1988 12:00AM