Geotube
®
forMarine and Hydraulic Engineering
Geotube
®
containers are geotextileencapsulated soils that may be used to replacerock as conventional building blocks in marineand hydraulic engineering structures.Geosystems tend to be more stablehydraulically and geotechnically because theyare heavier units with larger width to heightratio and have better boundary contacts withadjacent units.Rock may not be available within economicalhauling distances in many river, lake, coastal oroffshore marine construction projects.Sometimes the use of rock may be undesirableas it can pose high risk to cargo ships whereasa Geotube
®
provides a soft contact.Geosystems are often competitive solutions inmarine and hydraulic engineering by enablingthe use of finer materials to be used as fill mate-rial for construction of marine and hydraulicengineering structures.
Geotube
®
A Geotube
®
is a long geotextiletube, hydraulically filled withsoil to be used as marine andhydraulic structures. EachGeotube
®
is custom made andsupplied in various sizes andlengths to suit design andinstallation requirements. Theyare ideal for installations on dryland or in water depths to 15 ft(5 m).
Geocontainer
®
A Geocontainer
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is a very largesized geotextile bags filled withsoil. A split bottom hopperbarge is used to form, transportand install the Geocontainer
®
.Each Geocontainer
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is custommade to fit the split bottomhopper barge. They aregenerally installed in waterdepths of over 15 ft (5 m).
Geobag
®
A Geobag
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geotextile containeris designed to be filled with soiland installed for construction ofmarine and hydraulic struc-tures. Each Geobag
®
is custommade and supplied in variousforms and sizes to suit designand installation requirements.They are ideal for installationson dry land or placed intowater of any depth.
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