GEOTEXTILES IN TRANSPORTATION APPLICATIONS

INTRODUCTION
Defined as permeable textile materials used in contact with the soil, rock, earth etc as an integral part of civil engineering project, structure, or system

World consumption of geotextiles

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FUNCTIONS OF GEOTEXTILES

Filtration
Drainage Separation Reinforcement Sealing

SEPARATION
The introduction of a flexible porous textile placed between dissimilar materials so that the integrity and functioning of both the materials can remain intact or be improved

FILTRATION
The equilibrium

geotextile to soil system that allows for adequate liquid flow with limited soil loss across the plane of geotextile over a service lifetime.

DRAINAGE/TRANSMISSIVITY
Ability of thick nonwoven geotextile whose 3dimensional structure provides an avenue for flow of water through the plane of the geotextile

REINFORCEMENT
Improvement in the total system strength created by the introduction of geotextile into soil.
Allows roads to be build on weaker soils.

SEALING
The classic application of a geotextile as a liquid barrier is paved road rehabilitation. Non-woven geotextile + asphalt tack coat = water proof membrane.

RAW MATERIALS:
Natural fibers Jute Ramie
Synthetic fibers Polyester Polypropylene Polyamide polyethylene
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TYPES OF GEOTEXTILES
Woven fabrics Non-woven fabrics Knitted fabrics

DESIGN PROPERTIES
Physical properties

Mass/unit area
Nominal thickness

Apparent pore size distribution by dry

sieving
Percent open area determination for woven

textiles

Mechanical Properties
Tensile properties using a wide width strip. Puncture strength of geotextiles. Soil fabric friction tests

Permeability
measures the rate at which liquids can pass through

the geotextile
x=k/t

x- geotextile permittivitty (sec-1) k- geotextile permeability(cm/sec) t- geotextile thickness (mm)

expressed in liters per square meters per second

Use of Jute Geotextiles In Indian Roads

Geotextiles and Fatigue

Geotextiles and Settlement

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Widening of Munsirhat to Rajpur Road in West Bengal with JGT

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Construction of Andulia Boyratala Road in West Bengal

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CONCLUSION

Geotextiles are an efficient effective and economic method of solving most of the geotechnical problems in roads.

The design engineer should be well aware of the possible

problems and should use this relatively new tool for solving them.

For this he/she should understand properties and

capabilities of the geotextile material.

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