Shariful Islam

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Term: L4T1
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Welcome to my presentation
What is Geotech?
• The prefix of geotextile, geo, means earth
and the ‘textile’ means fabric. Therefore,
according to the definition of ASTM 4439,
the geotextile is defined as follows
• "A permeable geosynthetic comprised
solely of textiles. Geotextiles are used with
foundation, soil, rock, earth, or any other
geotechnical engineering-related material
as an integral part of human-made project,
structure, or system."
History
• According to the historical record, it is believed
that the first applications of geotextiles were
woven industrial fabrics used in 1950’s. One of
the earliest documented cases was a waterfront
structure built in Florida in 1958. Then, the first
nonwoven geotextile was developed in 1968 by
the Rhone Poulence company in France. It was a
comparatively thick needle-punched polyester,
which was used in dam construction
in France during 1970.In fact, the geotextile is
one of the members of the geosynthetic family.
  Polyester Polyamide Polypropylene Polyethylene

Strength H M L L

Elastic modulus H M L L

Strain at failure M M H H

Creep L M H H

Unit weight H M L L

Cost H M L L

Resistance to:        

U.V. light stabilized H M H H

unstabilized H M M L

Alkalis L H H H

Fungus, vermin M M M H

Fuel M M L L

Detergents H H H H
Function of Geotextile
• Separation

Illustration of a geotextile fabric separating a

gravel layer from the underlying soil
material
function
• Drainage : The function of drainage is to
gather water, which is not required
functionally by the structure, such as
rainwater or surplus water in the soil, and
discharge it.
Thank you all