CLASSIFYING ROLLED EROSION-CONTROL PRODUCTS: A CURRENT PERSPECTIVE

This paper presents the current classifications for rolled erosion- control products (RECPs), designed to help reduce immediate erosion- control problems, and provide long-term soil stabilisation, by establishing and maintaining vegetative cover. RECPs include: (1) erosion-control nettings; (2) open-weave geotextile meshes; (3) erosion-control blankets; and (4) geosynthetic mattings. The Erosion Control Technology Council (ECTC), an organisation formed by RECP manufacturers in the USA, is developing classifications for the different types of RECPs. The ECTC system uses the following categories: (1) low-velocity degradable RECPs; (2) high-velocity degradable RECPs; and (3) long-term nondegradable RECPs. The American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) D-35 Subcommittee is focusing on standards development for geosynthetic materials and test methods for erosion-control applications.

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  Industrial Fabrics Association International

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• Authors:
  • LANCASTER, T
  • Austin, D N
• Publication Date: 1994

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 16-22
• Serial:
  • Geotechnical Fabrics Report
  • Volume: 12
  • Issue Number: 8
  • Publisher: Industrial Fabrics Association International
  • ISSN: 0882-4983

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Geotextiles; Soil stabilization; Vegetation; Wire mesh
• Uncontrolled Terms: Membranes
• Old TRIS Terms: Membranes (Biology)
• ITRD Terms: 4568: Geotextile; 4525: Membrane; 3470: Mesh; 3689: Soil stabilization; 2488: Vegetation
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00677407
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: May 25 1995 12:00AM