
Geotextiles
From Design to Applications
Description
Key Features
- Reviews the types of fabrics used for geotextiles and their manufacturing processes
- Covers the properties, behavior, and testing of geotextiles
- Contains detailed discussions of the primary functions of geotextiles and their wide range of applications
Readership
R&D managers in the textile and geotextile industries; academic researchers developing geotextile materials; geo- and civil engineers.
Table of Contents
Part I Geotextile development and manufacture
1. Early background and history of geotextiles
2. Geotextile resins and additives
3. Geotextile manufacturing processes
4. Geotextiles made from natural fibers
Part II Properties, behavior and testing
5. Geotextile/Geosynthetic Testing Standards Development Organizations (SDOs)
6. Physical properties, behavior and testing of geotextiles
7. Mechanical properties, behavior and testing of geotextiles
8. Hydraulic properties, behavior and testing of geotextiles
9. Durability and endurance properties, behavior and testing of geotextiles
10. Long-term geotextile degradation mechanisms and exposed lifetime predictions
Part III Primary functions of geotextiles
11. Geotextiles used in separation
12. Geotextiles used in filtration
13. Geotextiles used in drainage
14. Geotextiles used in reinforcing paved and unpaved roads and railroads
15. Geotextiles used in reinforcing walls, berms and slopes
16. Geotextiles used in reinforcing embankment and foundations
17. Geotextiles used for cushioning
18. Geotextiles with combined or multiple functions
Part IV Specific applications of geotextiles
19. Geotextiles in waste containment
20. Geotextiles in marine engineering
21. Geotextile tubes for dewatering and decontamination of fine-grained soils
22. Geotextiles in commercial development
23. Geotextiles in agriculture and aquaculture
24. Geotextiles in erosion and sediment control
Part V Common Attributes of Geotextiles
25. Quality control and quality assurance for geotextiles
26. Sustainability aspects of using geotextiles
Product details
- No. of pages: 642
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Woodhead Publishing 2016
- Published: February 11, 2016
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- eBook ISBN: 9780081002346
- Hardcover ISBN: 9780081002216