Types of Geosynthetics

Module I
Types of Geosynthetics
Definition
• Planar products manufactured from
polymeric material, used with soil, rock, or
other geotechnical engineering-related
material as an integral part of a manmade
project, structure, or system.
• Widely used in many geotechnical,
environmental, and hydraulic applications
related to groundwater quality and control.
• Use of geosynthetics is rapidly increasing in
applications related directly to groundwater
control. 2
Definition
• market is strong and rapidly increasing due
to continued use of geosynthetics in well-
established applications and, particularly, due
to increasing number of new applications
that make use of these products.
• Geosynthetics applications are very diverse.
• To fulfill different functions in the design of
geotechnical-, environmental-, and hydraulic-
related systems, geosynthetic industry has
developed a number of products to meet
engineers’ needs 3
Definition
• Numerous tests have been developed to
characterize hydraulic and mechanical
properties of geosynthetics.
• Many of these properties are important in
manufacture and quality control of
geosynthetics; while, many others are
important in design.
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Definition
• Material properties that are primarily related to
manufacture and quality control of geosynthetics
are referred to as index properties and those related
to design are referred to as performance
properties.
• Functions that geosynthetics may provide are:
– separation,
– reinforcement,
– filtration,
– drainage,
– barrier, and/or
– protection (or stress relief). 5
Definition
• Manufactured in sheet form in a factory-
controlled environment.
• most often packaged in rolls for transporting
to site.
• They may also be folded or cut and stacked
and placed in cartons.
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Types of Geosynthetics
• There are a number of different
geosynthetics.
• Characteristics of these materials vary
considerably, primarily due to method of
manufacturing and types and amount of
polymers used for their production.
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Types of Geosynthetics - Geotextiles
• Among different geosynthetic products,
geotextiles are the ones that present widest
range of properties.
• They can be used to fulfill all the different
functions for many different geotechnical,
environmental, and hydraulic applications.
• Geotextiles are manufactured from polymer
fibers or filaments that are later formed to
develop the final product.
• Approximately 85% of the geotextiles used
today are based on polypropylene resin. 9
• An additional 10% are polyester and the
remaining 5% is a range of polymers
including polyethylene, nylon, and other
resins used for specialty purposes.
• As with all geosynthetics, however, base resin
has various additives, such as for ultraviolet
light protection and long-term oxidative
stability.
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• Most common types of fibers or filaments
used in the manufacture of geotextiles are
monofilament, multifilament, staple filament,
and slit-film.
• If fibers are twisted or spun together, they are
known as a yarn.
• Monofilaments are created by extruding the
molten polymer through an apparatus
containing small-diameter holes
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• The extruded polymer strings are then cooled
and stretched to give the filament increased
strength.
• Staple filaments are also manufactured by
extruding the molten polymer.
• The staple filaments or fibers may then be
spun into longer yarns.
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• Slit-film filaments are manufactured by either
extruding or blowing a film of a continuous
sheet of polymer and cutting it into filaments
by knives or lanced air jets.
• Slit-film filaments have a flat, rectangular
cross-section instead of the circular cross-
section shown by the monofilament and
staple filaments.
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• The filaments, fibers, or yarns are formed
into geotextiles using either woven or
nonwoven methods.
• Woven geotextiles are manufactured using
traditional weaving methods and a variety of
weave types.
• Nonwoven geotextiles are manufactured by
placing and orienting the filaments or fibers
onto a conveyor belt, which are bonded by
needle punching or by melt bonding.
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• needle-punching process consists of pushing
numerous barbed needles through the fiber
web.
• The fibers are thus mechanically interlocked
into a stable configuration.
• As the name implies, the heat (or melt)
bonding process consists of melting and
pressurizing the fibers together.
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• Common terminology associated with
geotextiles includes machine direction, cross
machine direction, and selvage.
• Machine direction refers to the direction in
the plane of fabric in line with the direction of
manufacture cross machine direction refers
to the direction in the plane of fabric
perpendicular to direction of manufacture.
• The selvage is the finished area on the sides
of the geotextile width that prevents the
yarns from unraveling. 18
• Adjacent rolls of geotextiles are seamed in
the field by either overlapping or sewing.
• Sewing is generally the case for geotextiles
used as filters in landfill applications, but may
be waived for geotextiles used in separation.
• Heat bonding may also be used for joining
geotextiles used in filtration and separation
applications.
• Geotextiles can generally be specified with
index and performance properties
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Types of Geosynthetics - Geogrids
• Grid like pattern
• Designed to fulfill reinforcement function.
• Uniformly distributed array of apertures
between their longitudinal and transverse
elements.
• Apertures allow direct contact between soil
particles on either side of the installed sheet,
increasing interaction between geogrid and
backfill soil.
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• Ribs of geogrids are stiff compared to fibers
of geotextiles.
• Rib strength and junction strength are
important.
• Junctions where longitudinal and transverse
ribs meet are called as nodes
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• Geogrids are composed of polypropylene,
polyethylene, polyester, or coated polyester.
• Formed by several different methods.
• Coated polyester geogrids are typically
woven or knitted.
• Coating is performed using PVC or acrylics to
protect filaments from construction damage
and to maintain grid structure.
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• Polypropylene geogrids are either extruded
or punched sheet drawn, and polyethylene
geogrids are exclusively punched sheet
drawn.
• Previously, geogrids have also been
manufactured by interlacing polypropylene
or polyester strips together and welding
them at junctions
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Types of Geosynthetics – Geogrids -Uses
• Primarily, geogrids are used for
reinforcement, some products are used for
asphalt overlay and some are combined with
other geosynthetics to be used in water
proofing or in separation and stabilization
applications.
• In waste containment systems, geogrids may
be used to support a lining system over a
weak subgrade or to support final landfill
cover soils on steep refuse slopes.
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Types of Geosynthetics – Geogrids - Uses
• Geogrids are also used for support of liners in
the design of “piggyback” landfills, which are
landfills built vertically over older, usually
unlined landfills.
• Regulatory agencies often require that a liner
system be installed between the old and new
landfill.
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Types of Geosynthetics – Geogrids - Uses
• As old refuse is highly compressible, it
provides a poor base for new lining system.
• A geogrid may be used to support lining
system and bridge over voids that may occur
beneath liner as underlying refuse
components decompose.
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Types of Geosynthetics – Geogrids - Properties
• geogrids have several physical, mechanical, and
durability properties.
• key design parameter for reinforcement is tensile
strength, which is performed with specimen width
incorporating typically a few ribs of geogrid.
• allowable tensile strength (ATS) of geogrids is
typically less than its ultimate tensile strength.
• ATS determined by dividing ultimate tensile
strength by partial factors to account for installation
damage, creep deformation, chemical degradation,
and biological degradation.
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Types of Geosynthetics – Geogrids - Properties
• partial factors for installation damage,
chemical degradation, and biological
degradation
• range from1.0 to 1.6,with partial factor of
safety for creep ranging from 1.5 to 3.5
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Types of Geosynthetics – Geomembranes
• flexible, polymeric sheets that have very low
hydraulic conductivity (typically less than
10−11 cm/sec) and, consequently, are used
as liquid or vapor barriers.
• most common types of geomembranes are
high density polyethylene (HDPE), very
flexible polyethylene (VFPE), polyvinyl
chloride (PVC), flexible polypropylene (fPP)
and reinforced chlorosulfonated polyethylene
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• flexible, polymeric sheets that have very low
hydraulic conductivity (typically less than
10−11 cm/sec) and, consequently, are used
as liquid or vapor barriers.
• most common types of geomembranes are
high density polyethylene (HDPE), very
flexible polyethylene (VFPE), polyvinyl
chloride (PVC), flexible polypropylene (fPP)
and reinforced chlorosulfonated polyethylene
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• Polyethylene is the type of geomembrane
most commonly used in landfill applications
for base and cover liner systems.
• It has high chemical resistance and durability.
• Good physical properties and can withstand
large stresses often imposed on the
geomembrane during construction.
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• VFPE and PVC are most commonly used
geomembrane materials besides HDPE.
• VFPE includes low density polyethylene (VLDPE)
and certain types of linear low density polyethylene
(LLDPE).
• Due to large settlements that may occur, cover liner
systems commonly require a flexible geomembrane.
• VFPE is often used in this application as it provides
similar chemical resistance as HDPE but is more
flexible and can more readily conform to underlying
refuse settlements without puncturing
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• PVC geomembranes used in liners for many
waste containment applications, like
contaminated soils containment and liquid
storage ponds.
• PVC may not be as durable as polyethylene
geomembranes, merits of PVC
geomembranes are that they are less
expensive than polyethylene geomembrane.
• The large panel sizes of PVC allow easier
installation as there are fewer field fabricated
seams. 36
• In landfill applications, geomembranes are
typically used as a base or a cover liner in
place of or in addition to low-hydraulic
conductivity soils.
• Geomembranes are placed after subgrade
preparation, and placement is followed by
seaming, inspection, and backfilling.
• A properly designed geomembrane has
potential of hundreds of years of service
lifetime, but installation must follow high
quality standards. 37
• early uses of geomembranes for waste
containment applications, main concerns
were related to chemical compatibility
between geomembranes and waste, and to
service life of geomembranes.
• For continuity of the impermeable barrier,
geomembranes should be seamed in the field.
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• There are four general categories of seaming
methods: extrusion welding, thermal fusion
or melt bonding, chemical fusion, and
adhesive seaming.
• Thermal fusion and extrusion welding are the
methods most commonly used,
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Types of Geosynthetics – Geonets
• Geospacers
• Formed by continuous extrusion of parallel
sets of polymeric ribs at acute angles to one
another.
• When ribs are opened, relatively large
apertures are formed into a net like
configuration.
• Design function is drainage, especially in-
plane.
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Types of Geosynthetics – Geonets
• Possesses reasonable tensile strength, but
used exclusively for drainage applications
only.
• Used with geotextiles, geomembrane or other
materials on their upper and lower surfaces
to prevent soil intrusion into openings that
would block in-plane drainage.
• Manufactured of polyethylene
• Specific gravity in the range of 0.937 to 0.947
• Geonets typically have 5.0 to 9.0 mm
thickness 42
Types of Geosynthetics – Geosynthetic Clay Liners
• Factory manufactured hydraulic barriers
consisting of thin layer of bentonite or any
other low permeable media.
• They are sandwiched between geotextiles or
geomembranes, held together by needling,
stitching or chemical adhesives.
• GCL’s are used as replacement to compacted
clay liners or geomembranes.
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Types of Geosynthetics – Geopipes
• Used for underground pipeline transmission
of water, gas, oil and other liquids.
• Usually of HDPE, polyproplylene,
polybutylene, acrylonitrile butadiene styrene
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Types of Geosynthetics – Geofoam
• Foamed polymeric geosynthetic material,
manufactured in slab or block foam and used
primarily for its lightweight and sometimes
for its insulating properties.
• First use was to relieve lateral earth pressure
behind retaining wall.
• Expanded polystyrene
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Types of Geosynthetics – Geocomposites
• Geotexile – Geonet Composite
– Geotextile used on one or both sides of a geonet,
separation and filtration are satisfied also
drainage function improved.
– Used to intercept and convey leachate in landfills
– Make excellent drains to intercept water in
capillary zone where frost heave or salt migration
is a problem
– Liquid enters through GT and travels horizontally
within geonet to a suitable exit.
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• Geotexile – Geomembrane Composite
– GT laminated on one or both sides of a GM
– Increased resistance to puncture, tear and
slipping and also better tensile strength
– GT acts as drainage due to in-plane
transimmisvity
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• Geomembrane - GeogridComposite
– Both made from same material, so can be bonded
to form an impervious barrier with enhanced
strength and friction
• Geotextile – Geogrid
– A needle punched nonwoven GT bonded to a
geogrid provides in plane drainage while geogrid
provides tensile reinforcement
– Used fir internal drainage of low-permeabilty
backfill soils for reinforced walls and slopes
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• Other Geocomposites
– Weaving steel strands within GT result in
incredible composite material strength
– GT with prefabricated holes for inserting steel
rod anchors (anchored spider netting) used to
stabilize slopes
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FUNCTIONS OF GEOSYNTHETICS
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Function of Geosynthetics
• As with other engineering materials, there
are several design approaches that could be
used during selection process of geosynthetic
products.
• Most common methods are design by
experience, by specification, or by function
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• Design-by-experience is generally based on
use of manufacturer’s literature and of
designer’s experience and familiarity with
specific geosynthetic products.
• An extension of design by experience is
design-by-specification, which consists of
selecting geosynthetic products for common
application areas based on basic minimum or
maximum specified property values.
• These methods may be acceptable for
routine, repeat, non-critical applications.
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• Design-by-function is the preferred approach.
• Design-by-function should be performed as a
check for applications covered by
specifications and required for applications
not covered by specifications or of such a
nature that large property or personal
damage would result in the event of a failure
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• Design process that applies to different
geosynthetic functions is summarized as
follows:
1. Evaluate the critical and severe nature of the
application
2. Determine the function(s) of the geosynthetic
3. Calculate, estimate, or otherwise determine the
required property value for the function(s)
4. Test or otherwise obtain the allowable property
of the candidate geosynthetic material(s)
5. Calculate the factor of safety (FS) as follows:
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• Design process that applies to different
follows:
1. Evaluate the critical and severe nature of the
application
2. Determine the function(s) of the geosynthetic
3. Calculate, estimate, or otherwise determine the
required property value for the function(s)
4. Test or otherwise obtain the allowable property
of the candidate geosynthetic material(s)
5. Calculate the factor of safety (FS) as follows:
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• Design
process that applies to different
follows:
6. Determine if the resulting factor of safety is

adequate for the site-specific situation under
consideration
7. Prepare specifications and construction
documents
8. Observe construction and post-construction
performance
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• If the factor of safety is sufficiently high for
the specific application, the candidate
geosynthetic(s) is (are) deemed acceptable.
• Same process can be repeated for a number
of available geosynthetics, and final selection
among acceptable products is based on
availability and cost.
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• Design-by-function approach is the general
approach to be followed in the majority of the
projects.
• As mentioned, the primary function(s) of
geosynthetics can be
– separation,
– reinforcement,
– filtration,
– drainage,
– infiltration
– barrier, or protection
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• However, a certain geosynthetic product can
perform different functions and, similarly, the
same function can often be performed by
different types of geosynthetics.
• Geosynthetic applications are usually defined
by the primary or principal function.
• In addition, geosynthetics can perform one or
more secondary functions, which must also
be considered when selecting geosynthetic
characteristics for optimum performance.
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• a geotextile can provide separation of two
dissimilar soils (e.g., gravel from clay in a
road), but the geosynthetic may also be
required to provide the secondary function of
filtration to minimize the build up of excess
pore water pressure in the soil beneath the
separator.
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Function of Geosynthetics - Separation
• Separation is introduction of a flexible,
porous geosynthetic product between
dissimilar materials so that integrity and
functioning of both materials can remain
intact or be improved.
• For example, a major cause of failure of
roadways constructed over soft foundations
is contamination of aggregate base course
with underlying soft subgrade soils.
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• Contamination occurs both due to:
1. penetration of the aggregate into the weak
subgrade due to localized bearing capacity
failure under stresses induced by wheel
loads, and
2. intrusion of fine-grained soils into the
aggregate because of pumping or subgrade
weakening due to excess pore water
pressure.
3. Subgrade contamination results
ininadequate structural support that often64
• Subgrade contamination results in
inadequate structural support that often
leads to premature failure of the system.
• A geotextile can be placed between aggregate
and subgrade to act as a separator and
prevent subgrade and aggregate base course
from mixing
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• Among the different geosynthetics,
geotextiles have been the products generally
used in the function of separation.
• Examples of separation applications are the
use of geotextiles between subgrade and
stone base in roads and airfields, and
between geomembranes and drainage layers
in landfills.
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• In addition to these applications, in which
separation is primary function of geotextile, it
could be said that most other geosynthetic
applications generally include separation as a
secondary function.
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Function of Geosynthetics - Reinforcement
• Geosynthetic inclusions in a soil mass can
provide reinforcement function by
developing tensile forces that contribute to
stability.
• Design and construction of stable slopes and
retaining structures within space constrains
are major economical considerations in
geotechnical engineering projects.
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• For example, when geometry requirements
dictate changes of elevation for a retaining
wall, or dam project, there are a variety of
distinct alternatives for designing the
required earth structures.
• Traditional solutions have been either a near
vertical concrete structure or a conventional,
relatively flat, unreinforced slope
• Although simple to design, concrete wall
alternatives have generally led to elevated
construction and material costs 69
• Construction of unreinforced embankments
with flat slope angles dictated by stability
considerations is an alternative.
• This is not a solution where there are space
constraints.
• An alternative is to place horizontal,
geosynthetic reinforcing elements in soil to
allow construction of very steep
embankment side slopes or a vertical
reinforced soil wall.
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• Geosynthetic products typically used as
reinforcement elements are geotextiles and
geogrids.
• Additional products include geocells and
fiber reinforcement.
• Reinforced soil walls generally provide
vertical grade separations at a lower cost
than traditional concrete walls
• Reinforced wall systems involve use of facing
elements such as precast panels, cast-in-place
concrete panels, or modular block systems 71
• Steepened reinforced slopes (with facing
inclination below approximately 70◦) may
eliminate use of facing elements, thus saving
material costs and construction time in
relation to vertical reinforced walls.
• reinforced soil system generally provides an
optimized alternative for design of earth
retaining structures by combining lower cost
and decreased right-of-way requirements.
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• Soil reinforcement is now a highly attractive
alternative for embankment and retaining
wall projects because of the economic
benefits it offers in relation to conventional
retaining structures.
• Its acceptance has also been triggered by a
number of technical factors including
aesthetics, reliability, simple construction
techniques, good seismic performance, and
the ability to tolerate large deformations
without structural distress
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• design of reinforced soil walls is based on
earth pressure theory while the design of
reinforced slopes is based on the use of limit
equilibrium methods.
• design process involves evaluation of the
external (global), internal, and compound
stability of the structure
• required tensile strength of the
reinforcements is selected in design so that
the margins of safety to prevent internal
failure, 75
• A special form of geosynthetic reinforcement
is the mixing of fibers with the soil.
• Fiber reinforcement is used in applications
such as stabilization of thin soil veneers,
localized repair of failed slopes and
increasing the seismic performance.
• Randomly distributed fibers can provide
isotropic strength increases to the soil and
avoid the existence of the potential planes of
weakness that can develop on the soil-
reinforcement interface. 76
Function of Geosynthetics - Filtration
• function involves movement of liquid through
geosynthetic and, at same time, retention of
soil on its upstream side.
• geotextiles are used for filtration.
• Applications include geotextile filters for
trench drains, blanket drains, interceptor
drains, structural drains, toe drains in dams,
filters for hard armor (e.g., rip-rap, gabions,
fabric-form) erosion control systems, silt
fences, and silt curtains
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• Both adequate hydraulic conductivity
(provided by a geotextile with a relatively
porous structure) and adequate soil retention
(provided by a geotextile with a relatively
tight structure) should be offered by the
selected product.
• In addition, considerations should be made
regarding long-term soil-to-geotextile flow
compatibility such that the flow through
geotextile will not be excessively reduced by
clogging during lifetime of the system
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• Geosynthetic-to-soil system should achieve
an equilibrium that allows for adequate
liquid flow with limited soil loss across
geotextile throughout a service lifetime
compatible with application under
consideration.
• As flow of liquid is perpendicular to plane of
geosynthetic, filtration refers to cross-plane
hydraulic conductivity.
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• geosynthetics
are generally characterized by
their permittivity, which is defined as:
• where ψ is the permittivity, kn is the cross-

plane hydraulic conductivity, and t is the
geosynthetic thickness at a specified normal
pressure
• Testing procedures for geotextile permittivity
follow similar guidelines used for testing the
hydraulic conductivity of the soil
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• As flow of liquid through geotextile increases,
geotextile voids should be larger.
• However, large geotextile voids can lead to an
unacceptable situation called soil piping, in
which soil particles are continuously carried
through geotextile, leaving large soil voids
behind.
• Liquid velocity then increases, which
accelerates the process and may lead to
collapse of soil structure
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• This process can be prevented by selecting a
geotextile with voids small enough to retain
soil on upstream side of fabric.
• It is coarser soil fraction that must be initially
retained.
• Coarser-sized particles eventually create a
filter “bridge,” which in turn retains finer-
sized particles, building up a stable upstream
soil structure
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• Proper construction is a critical factor in
performance of filtration function.
• To develop and maintain filter bridge,
geotextile must be placed in continuous
(intimate) contact with soil to be filtered such
that no void spaces occur behind geotextile.
• Placement granular material (e.g., gravel,
drain rock, or rip rap) must also be consistent
with strength and durability of geosynthetic
to prevent damage during construction
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Function of Geosynthetics - Drainage
• Geosynthetics provide a drainage function by
transmitting liquid within plane of their
structure.
• Geosynthetics generally used for drainage
purposes are geotextiles and geocomposites.
• Drainage function of geosynthetics allows for
adequate liquid flow with limited soil loss
within plane of geotextile over a service
lifetime compatible with application under
consideration.
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• Thick, needle-punched nonwoven geotextiles
have considerable void space in their
structure and can convey liquid in their plane
(on the order of 0.01 to 0.1 l/sec/m width of
geotextile).
• Soil retention and long-term compatibility
considerations regarding drainage function of
geosynthetics are the same as the filtration
function of geosynthetics
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• As
geosynthetic thickness decreases with
increasing normal stress, in-plane drainage of
a geosynthetic is generally quantified by its
transmissivity, which is defined as:
• where θ is transmissivity, kp is in-plane

hydraulic conductivity, and t is geosynthetic
thickness at a specified normal pressure
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• in-plane flow capacity of geosynthetic will
reduce under compression and with time
(due to creep).
• Therefore, transmissivity should be evaluated
under normal pressuresthat are comparable
to field conditions with a factor of safety
included in design to account for design life
of the project.
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Function of Geosynthetics - Barrier
• Barrier function can be performed by
geosynthetic products that have adequately
low hydraulic conductivity as to provide
containment to liquid or vapor.
• several types of geosynthetics, namely,
geomembranes and geosynthetic clay liners
(GCLs).
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• Geosynthetic barriers are commonly used as
liner for surface impoundments storing
hazardous and nonhazardous liquids, as
covers above liquid surface of storage
reservoirs, and as liner for canals used to
convey water or chemicals.
• Geosynthetic barriers are also used as
secondary containment for underground
storage tanks, and in applications related to
dams and tunnels.
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• Of particular relevance for groundwater
applications is the use of geosynthetic
barriers for seepage control (HDPE vertical
barrier systems).
• A common application of geosynthetics as
infiltration barriers is base and cover liners
for landfills.
• In landfill applications, infiltration barriers
are typically used instead of (or in addition
to) low-hydraulic conductivity soils
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• Base liners are placed below waste to prevent
liquids from landfill (leachate) contaminating
underlying ground and groundwater.
• Geosynthetic cover liner systems are placed
above final waste configuration to keep
precipitation water from entering waste and
generating leachate.
• If a building or other structure is constructed
on a landfill, a geosynthetic barrier may be
placed under building foundation to provide
a barrier for vapors such as landfill gas. 92
• Dams are the most critical hydraulic
structures and stand to benefit from use of
geosynthetics.
• Deterioration and structural damage due to
seepage are major concerns that have been
addressed by placement of geomembrane
liners.
• Geosynthetic systems as hydraulic barriers in
dams are effective solutions to problem of
degradation
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Function of Geosynthetics - Protection
• Geosynthetics (mainly geotextiles) can be
used to provide stress relief and protect other
materials such as geosynthetics (mainly
geomembranes) against damage.
• A common example is use of geotextiles to
provide protection against puncture of
geomembranes in waste and liquid
containment systems.
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• Geotextiles can play an important role in successful
installation and long-term performance of
geomembranes by acting as a cushion to prevent
puncture damage of geomembrane.
• In case of landfill base liners, geotextiles can be
placed
– below geomembrane to resist puncture and wear
due to abrasion caused by sharp-edged rocks in
subgrade,
– above geomembrane to resist puncture caused
either by drainage aggregate or direct contact
with waste materials.
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• In the case of landfill cover liners, geotextiles
can be placed
– below geomembrane to reduce risk of damage by
sharp objects in landfill and
– above geomembrane to prevent damage during
placement of drainage aggregate or cover soil.
• Another protection application associated
with groundwater is erosion control blankets
and mats.
• In this case, geosynthetic protects ground
surface from prevailing atmospheric
conditions 96
• Specialty geocomposites have been
developed for specific purpose of erosion
control.
• Purpose of these products is to protect soil
slopes from both sheet and gully erosion,
either permanently or until vegetation is
established
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