Geotextiles are permeable textile

materials used in contact with soil,

rock, earth or any other
geotechnical related material as an
integral part of civil engineering
project, structure, or system.
 Separation
 Filtration
 Drainage

 Reinforcement

 Sealing and

 Protection
 Separation is defined
as, “The introduction
of a flexible porous
textile placed
between
dissimilar materials
so that the integrity
and the functioning
of both the materials
can remain intact or
be improved”
It is defined as “The
equilibrium geotextile-to-
soil system that allows
for adequate liquid flow
withlimited soil loss
across the plane of the
geotextile over a service
lifetime compatible with
the application under
consideration
This refers to the ability of thick
nonwoven geotextile whose three-
dimensional structure rovidesan
avenue for flow of water through
the plane of the geotextile.
This is the synergistic improvement in
the total system strength created by the
introduction of a geotextile into a soil
and developed primarily through the
following three mechanisms: One
lateral restraint through interfacial
friction between geotextile and
soil/aggregate.
A nonwoven geotextile
performs this function
when impregnated with
asphalt or other
polymeric Mixes
rendering it relatively
impermeable to both
cross-plane and in-
plane flow.
PUNCTURE STRENGTH : ASTM D 4833.
BURST STRENGTH: ASTM D 3786.
DNAMIC PUNCURE: EN 918.
GRAB TENSILE STRENGTH AND
ELNGATION: ASTM D 4632.
PERMEABILITY TEST.
APPARENT OPENNG SIZE(AOS):ASTM D
4751
Flexible paved road construction

Pavement overlays and

Drainage Applications
Geotextiles
extend the
service life of
roads, increase
their load-
carrying
capacity, and
reduce rutting.
The design of
pavement sections
incorporating
geotextiles can be
performed using
many of the
current design
methodologies.
Asphalt concrete
pavement
overlays can
benefit from the
use of paving
fabric interlayer
The removal of water is important to
the success of many civil
engineering problems. In
transportation applications, if the
base course does not drain rapidly
enough, stress from the traffic
loadings is transferred to the sub
grade with little or no reduction,
resulting in accelerated road failure.
The removal of water must be
performed in a controlled fashion.
Otherwise, severe erosion, piping, or
settlement of soils may result in
undermining adjacent structures.
Geotextiles are effective tools in the hands of
the civil engineer that have proved to solve a
myriad of geotechnical problems. With the
availability of variety of products with
differing characteristics, the design engineer
needs to be aware of not only the application
possibilities but also more specifically the
reason why he is using the geotextile and the
governing geotextile functional properties to
satisfy these functions.
[1] ASTM (1994), Annual Books of ASTM Standards,
American Society Testing and
Materials, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Volume 4.08 (1),
Soil and Rock. Volume 4.08 (2),
Soil and Rock, Geosynthetics, Volume 7.01, Textiles.

[2] GREGORY RICHARDSON N., BARRY

CHRISTOPHER R., Geotextiles in
Transportation Applications, Featured Short Course,
1998.

[3] KOERNER, R. M., Designing with Geosynthetics,

Third edition, Prentice Hall, 1993.