Testing Procedures, Specifications, and Applications for Geofabrics in Highway Pavements

Details

• Creators:
  Scullion, Tom ; Lux, S. M. ; Holland, C. N.
• Corporate Creators:
  Texas Transportation Institute. Texas A&M University
• Corporate Contributors:
  Texas State Department of Highways and Public Transportation ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Geotextiles
  • Pavements
  • Specifications
  • Test procedures
  • Highways
  • Literature reviews
  • Geofabrics
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA/TX-84/ +414-lF
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Texas ; United States
• Edition:
  Final September 1982 - August 1984
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas Transportation Institute. Texas A&M University
• Abstract:
  This report summarizes the literature available on testing and specifications for geofabrics to be used in highway pavement applications. The applications considered are: drainage separation, reinforcement, silt fencing, and impermeable barriers. Based on this survey, a testing program and tentative specifications are presented. In addition, this report summarizes the Texas Highway Department's experience with geofabrics. It recommends areas in which geofabrics appear cost-effective, makes recommendations for future experimental work, and presents an analytical procedure by which the strengthening effect of geofabrics under base courses can be modeled.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  2-8-83-414
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/84957/dot_84957_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.62 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7d6aa6586ceb4812b0379a9e8bc777c0068b3be2182260444d34c679e1cde8f98d771928a6c5ce976f036063ddd0df65224ebb5645492215f0be25d5c847ce54