INVESTIGATING AND CHOOSING ENGINEERING FILTER FABRICS

Engineering filter fabrics can prevent mixing of soil layers, allow passage of fluids but not solids and strengthen roadbeds by spreading traffic loads. Appropriate tests, proper handling and proper installation techniques permit these materials to function to reduce track maintenance.

• Availability:
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• Corporate Authors:

  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  508 Birch Street
  Bristol, CT  United States  06010
• Authors:
  • Schaaf, H L
• Publication Date: 1979-6

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 25-26
• Serial:
  • Railway Track and Structures
  • Volume: 75
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-9016

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Drainage; Fabrics; Filter fabric; Geotextiles; Maintenance of way; Mud pumps; Polymers; Railroad tracks; Soil stabilization; Specifications
• Old TRIS Terms: Mud pumping; Track structures
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00196353
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 31 1979 12:00AM