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Geotextile Products Overview
WHAT IS A GEOTEXTILE ?
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A geotextile is typically defined as any permeable textile material used to increase soil stability, provide erosion control or aid in drainage. More simply put, if it is made of fabric and buried in the ground it’s a probably a geotextile! Geotextiles have been in use for thousands of years dating back to the Egyptian Pharaohs. These early geotextile applications were basically natural fibers or vegetation mixed directly with soil.
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Close up: Woven High Strength
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Modern geotextiles are usually made from a synthetic polymer such as polypropylene, polyester, polyethylenes and polyamides. Geotextiles can be woven, knitted or non-woven. Varying polymers and manufacturing processes result in an array of geotextiles suitable for a variety of civil construction applications.
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Close up: Needlepunched Nonwoven
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Non-woven geotextiles resemble felt and provide planar water flow. They are commonly known as filter fabrics (although woven monofilament filtration fabrics exist). Typical applications for non-woven geotextiles include aggregate drains, asphalt pavement overlays, and erosion control.
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A woven geotextile is a planar textile structure produced by interlacing two or more sets of strands at right angles. There are two types of strands: slit films, which are flat and monofilaments, which are round. Woven slit-film geotextiles are generally preferred for applications where high strength properties are needed and filtration requirements are less critical. These fabrics reduce localized shear failure in weak subsoil conditions and aid construction over soft subsoils. Woven monofilament geotextiles are preferred for applications where both strength and filtration are a concern such as shoreline rip rap applications.
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Geotextile-related materials such as fabrics formed into mats, webs, nets, grids, or formed plastic sheets are not the same as geotextiles. These would fall under the more general category of geosynthetics.
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US Fabrics offers a full line of geotextile products. Geotextile distributors, contractors, geotechnical engineers and homeowners are all welcome to call. Our knowledgeable staff is here to help with any geosynthetic application from simple driveway fabric to high-strength reinforcing geogrids or any geosynthetic product in-between.
Use the Product Index on the left to access in-depth information, data sheets and more. Please check out our geosynthetic resource center to learn more about geotextiles.
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How to Buy
Geotextiles, Geogrids and Geomembranes
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