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Abu Safayet
Lecturer
Dept. of Building Engineering and Construction Management
Khulna University of Engineering & Technology (KUET)
Khulna-9203, Bangladesh
Email- abusafayet@gmail.com
 Geotextiles are permeable fabrics which, when used in
association with soil, have the ability to separate, filter,
reinforce, protect, or drain.
 Geotextiles are intended to improve engineering performance
of soil on or in which it is laid.

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 Geotextiles are generically of two varieties –
 Synthetic polymers (petrochemical derivatives)
 Natural fibres(such as jute, coir).

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 Jute Geotextiles (JGT) is made of bast fibres of jute plants - a
renewable agri-resource under cultivation in the Ganga-
Brahmaputra delta for centuries. Presently under cultivation in
other areas/countries as well.

 The British were the first to discover the potential of jute fiber for
flexible packaging (sacks) after elaborate tests.

 The features of jute fiber conform to technical requirements of

geotextiles, besides its added advantage of being Eco concordant,
plentiful availability, and industry-expertise to make customized
JGT.

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 High moisture absorbing capacity
 High modulus of elasticity
 Low extension-at-break
 High roughness co-efficient
 Excellent spinnability
 Bio-degradability with mulching & soil-nourishing properties
 Annually renewable resource with rich availability
 Economical &
 Eco-friendly

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 Strengthening of road by improving CBR

 Slope management

 Protection of river bank against erosion

 Stabilizing embankments

 Prevention of railway track settlement

 Consolidation of soft soil

 Control of surface soil detachment

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 Filter cake formation in soil is an optimal state of soil consolidation
triggering gradual development of effective stress within a soil
mass, thus enabling it to bear greater load.

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 The surface vegetation prevents the direct impact of water
droplets to the surface of soil.
 Leafs of the large trees stores rain water for some time and
after wetting a large surface area, a reduced amount of water
is getting to the soil surface.
 Finally it reinforces the slope by binding the loose soil with it’s
root network.

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