GEOSYNTHETICS FOR PROTOTYPE TURBIDITY CURTAIN WEST SIDE HIGHWAY IN NEW YORK CITY, USA
This short article describes the purpose, design, installation and performance monitoring of a turbidity curtain installed in the Hudson River. The purpose of the curtain was to isolate the area of dredging and landfill filling from the main channel of the Hudson River. The panels of the curtain consisted of two sections: a) a permeable geotextile; and b) an impermeable geomembrane barrier attached to the top of the geotextile. Details of the methods used to select both geotextile and geomembrane are provided, as are the criteria used in the design of the curtain. The geotextile panels were fabricated from Amoco Propex 1325 and 4557, Bradely Materials Filterweave 70-C, and Hoechst Trevira 1160. The geomembrane panels were made of Shelter- Rite 8028. The cost was estimated at $431,240. Recommendations are made for use in the construction of turbidity curtains. For the covering abstract see IRRD 865821.
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Corporate Authors:
BiTech Publishers, Limited
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Authors:
- Suits, L D
- MINNITTI, A
- Publication Date: 1993
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: References;
- Pagination: p. 108-9
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Serial:
- GEOSYNTHETICS CASE HISTORIES
- Publisher: BiTech Publishers, Limited
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Construction; Embankments; Geotextiles; Inland waterways; Material reinforcement; Mechanically stabilized earth; Reinforcing materials
- ITRD Terms: 3655: Construction; 2801: Embankment; 4568: Geotextile; 1088: Inland waterway; 3349: Reinforced earth; 3471: Reinforcement (in mater)
- Subject Areas: Construction; Geotechnology; Marine Transportation;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00668183
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
- ISBN: 0-9696924-0-4
- Files: ITRD
- Created Date: Nov 2 1994 12:00AM