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GEOTEXTILES FOR SOIL EROSION CONTROL --AN INTRODUCTION TO BIOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING. PLANTS AS ENGINEERING STRUCTURES IN THE CONTROL OF SOIL EROSION AND STABILISATION OF SLOPES. PROCEEDINGS OF A SEMINAR, WOLFSON COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, OCTOBER 12, 1987

Erosion on slopes such as road and rail embankments has serious on-site and off-site consequences. These include difficulty in establishing vegetation on eroded sites and the blocking of ditches and drains by eroded sediments. Geotextiles can be used to reduce erosion, and this will (I) stabilise the environment in which vegetation can establish, and (II) reduce sedimentation off-site. If vegetation alone can ultimately control erosion then a temporary or biodegradable geotextile can be used. However, some sites require a composite solution, which involves the combined effect of a permanent geotextile with the vegetation. As yet, there is little research work that evaluates the performance of the various geotextiles currentlty available. Most of the testing of geotextiles refers to their inherrent properties such as tensile strength, rather than how the geotextile actually controls erosion, or aids vegetation establishment. Experimental work at silsoe college will be presented, and it is hoped that the results of this work will help the engineer to decide the suitability of each geotextile to different applications and sites.(a) for the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD 814174.

  • Corporate Authors:

    CAMBRIDGE BIO-SOIL ENGINEERING LTD

    LINDEN HOUSE, 40 WILBURTON ROAD
    Haddenham, Ely, Cambridgeshire,   United Kingdom 
  • Authors:
    • Rickson, R J
  • Publication Date: 1988

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  • English

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  • Accession Number: 00481712
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
  • Files: ITRD, TRIS
  • Created Date: Apr 30 1989 12:00AM