The most effective applicable areas of this geo-textiles technology are to protect erosions. Geotextiles provide the best protection for erosion prone sedimentary soils which are deficient in stability due to insufficient cohesion. In Bangladesh river bank soils are very unstable from erosional point of view. These soils are deposited by the action of river flow and therefore, are very prone to re-transportation. Geo-textiles technology provides the most effective solutions for these types of soils. The construction procedures practiced in Bangladesh is only intended for protection of river bank surface layers from erosion.
The existing designs normally do not incorporate any measure for overall stability of the slopes due to, for example, failure as a result of seepage towards the river, under rapid down condition. B. J. Geo-textiles technology may be used in these applications in reinforcing the banks from deeper failures as well as protecting the surface layers from erosion due to flow and/or wave action.
There are at least 80 specific applications areas for geotextiles that have been developed; However, the fabric always performs at least one of five discrete functions:
- Separation – the use of a geotextile to prevent the intermix of dissimilar soil layers
- Filtration – the use of a geotextile to allow the passage of fluids (mot commonly water) while preventing the uncontrolled passage of soil particles
- Reinforcement – the use if the tensile properties of a geosynthetic material to resist stresses or contain deformation in soil structures
- Drainage – the use of a geosynthetic layer to collect and transport fluids within its own thickness
- Protection – the use of a geosynthetic material as a stress reduction layer to prevent or reduce damage to an adjacent surface or layer
- Erosion control – the use of a geosynthetic material to prevent the loss of soil particles from water erosion
In Bangladesh geotextiles are highly used for river bank protection
- Road works –
- Permanent Roads
- Temporary roads
- Parking Areas
- Road Widening
- Asphalt Maintenance
- Airports
- Railways
- Construction –
- Foundations
- Concrete Floors
- Impact Sound Suppression
- Roofs
- Roofs Garden
- Ground systems –
- Pipes and Trenches
- Storage Areas
- Sport Grounds
- Slopes
- Drainage/Filtration –
- Drainage Pipes
- Drainage Trenches
- Surface Drains
- Building Drains
- Hydraulic works –
- Coastal Protection
- Dams
- Harbor Constructions
- River Banks and Canals
- Artificial Lakes
- Water Reservoirs
- Waste disposal –
- Waste Disposal (Top Layers)
- Waste Disposal (Bottom Layers)
- Water Purification Systems
- Agriculture –
- Ground Cover Fabrics
- Root Barrier Fabric
- Plant Protection Cloth
- Winter Protection Fabric
for more detail Functions and Applications
for more understanding please visit The International Geosynthetics Society (IGS)
Educational Documents – IGS website