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POLYMER and Geotextile
POLYMER and Geotextile
POLYMER and Geotextile
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19 •Linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE)
Fabric type
GEOTEXTILE
-One of the Largest group of Geosynthetics o Knitted
-a textile in traditional sense, but consist of o Nonwoven
synthetics fiber rather than natural onces. o Woven
Porous to liquid flow across their manufactured
plane.
FUNCTION:
Separation, Reinforcement, Filtration and
drainage
GEOTEXTILES KNITTED GEOTEXTILES
A geotextile produced by interlooping one or more yarns,
A planar, permeable, polymeric (synthetic or fibers, filaments or other elements.
natural) textile material, which may be
nonwoven, knitted or woven, used in
contact with soil/rock and/or any other
geotechnical material in civil engineering
applications (IGS, 2009)
First application in 1966 to retain beach sand
behind a small retaining wall in Florida, USA
using woven monofilament PP fabric
First conference in 1977 – Paris, France
Manufacturing of Geotextiles
3 points relevant as manufacturing is concerned.
Polymer type
o Polypropylene, PP ≈ 95 %
o Polyester, PETE/PET ≈ 2%
o Polyethylene, PE ≈ 2 %
o Polyamide/nylon, PA≈1%
Fiber/yarn type
o monofilament or multifilament
o staple fibers to staple yarn
o slit film monofilament or
multifilament
Advantages o Needle-punched
1.0 Lighter than woven GTs
KNITTED GEOTEXTILES
• MSE Wall using knitted geotextile as soil
reinforcement.
o Resin-bonded
Advantages
1.0 High resistance to installation damage
o Heat-bonded
MANUFACTURING PROCESS
Warp vs Weft
Advantages
1.0 High tensile strength