IMPROVING THE PERFORMANCE OF GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIALS

Geotextiles have been used to separate track ballast from subgrade for the past 20 years, and experience has shown them to be more effective as a drainage separator over some soils than others. The article looks at work geosynthetic material producers are doing to consider how the performance of the materials can be improved over a wider variety of soils.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  345 Hudson Street
  New York, NY  United States  10014
• Authors:
  • JAY, T
• Publication Date: 2002-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 34-36
• Serial:
  • INTERNATIONAL RAILWAY JOURNAL AND RAPID TRANSIT REVIEW
  • Volume: 42
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0744-5326

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Drainage blankets; Geotextiles; Performance evaluations; Soil profiles; Water table
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00922790
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 19 2002 12:00AM