Woven Geotextiles

Geotextiles

Geotextiles form one of the largest groups of geosynthetics. These are woven, non woven or knitted textiles consisting of natural or synthetic fibers. These are flexible and permeable in nature. Geotextiles are generically made from plastic materials, mostly polypropylene and polyester, but also polyethylene, polyamide (nylon), polyvinylidene chloride, and fibreglass (e.g., in roadway substrates) are used. Sewing thread for geotextiles is generally made from any of the above polymers.

Woven Geotextiles

Woven fabrics are manufactured on looms by interlacing two orthogonal sets of fibers usually referred to as the warp and weft directions (parallel to and perpendicular to the direction of manufacture, respectively). These materials have excellent filtration, drainage, isolation, reinforcement, impervious, protective effect, with light weight, high tensile strength, good permeability, high temperature resistance, antifreeze, anti-aging, corrosion resistance. They are now used in a wide range of civil engineering applications, such as roads, embankments, retaining structures, airfields, railways, dams and reservoirs, canals, coastal defences, and so on. Geotextiles have the ability to reinforce, protect, filter, drain and separate, and many applications use them alongside soil, placed at the tension surface for strength purposes.