DEVELOPING VTM-51 INTO AN ASTM TEST METHOD. FINAL REPORT

In 1980, the Virginia Transportation Research Council developed a procedure to test silt fence installations (VTM-51). The test determines the filtering efficiency (amount of soil removed) and the flow rate of a geotextile. A known concentration and volume of sediment-laden water is timed as it passes through a geotextile sample. In 1988, ASTM Committee D35 requested that the Virginia Transportation Research Council consider developing VTM-51 into an ASTM Test Method. This report documents the many tests performed to meet this request, the numerous reviews of ASTM committees and subcommittees, and other work efforts required to develop ASTM Test Method 5141, Determine Filtering Efficiency and Flow Rate of a Geotextile for Silt Fence Application Using Site Specific Soil. The major differences between the two test methods are the number of samples to be tested, the number of runs on each sample, and the soil used.

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• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/19342
• Corporate Authors:

  Virginia Transportation Research Council

  530 Edgemont Road
  Charlottesville, VA  United States  22903

  Virginia Department of Transportation

  1401 East Broad Street
  Richmond, VA  United States  23219

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Wyant, D C
• Publication Date: 1993-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 30 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Erosion control; Flow; Geotextiles; Test procedures
• Uncontrolled Terms: Flow rate
• Old TRIS Terms: Filtering efficiency
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Materials; I35: Miscellaneous Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00637789
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA/VA-94-R2, VTRC 94-R2
• Contract Numbers: 45
• Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Oct 13 1993 12:00AM