FILTER FABRICS CAN CUT COSTS OF RIVER-BANK AND SHORE-PROTECTION STRUCTURES
Over the past decade, plastic filter fabrics have seen growing use in shore-protection structures, river-bank protection schemes, and other areas where water comes into direct contact with soil. In a typical application described, the filter fabric is laid directly on top of the soil to be protected, and rip rap, concrete blocks, or some other form of armor protection laid on top. The fabric prevents water from gouging out the soil from behind the armor, a process that would result in the inward collapse of the embankment-protection structure. A number of case histories explaining where and why the fabric was used and how well it has performed is presented.
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Corporate Authors:
American Society of Civil Engineers
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Authors:
- Dallaire, G
- Publication Date: 1977-3
Media Info
- Features: Figures; Photos;
- Pagination: p. 74-79
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Serial:
- Civil Engineering
- Volume: 47
- Issue Number: 3
- Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
- ISSN: 0885-7024
- Serial URL: http://www.pubs.asce.org/ceonline/newce/html
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Applied mechanics; Bank protection; Banks (Waterways); Beaches; Canals; Ditches; Erosion; Erosion control; Fabrics; Filter fabric; Filters; Plastics; Railroad tracks; Rivers; Scour; Shore protection; Soil stabilization; Stability (Mechanics); Structural mechanics; Subgrade (Pavements); Synthetics
- Uncontrolled Terms: Stabilization; Track stability
- Old TRIS Terms: Bank erosion; Beach erosion; Erosion protection; Filter materials; Structural application; Track structures
- Subject Areas: Construction; Geotechnology; Highways; Marine Transportation; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00156837
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Engineering Index
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jul 2 1977 12:00AM