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geotextiles

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geotextiles [¦jē·ō¦tek‚stīlz]
(civil engineering)
Woven or nonwoven fabrics used with foundations, soils, rock, earth, or other geotechnical material as an integral part of a manufactured project, structure, or system. Also known as civil engineering fabrics; erosion control cloth; filter fabrics; support membranes.


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Although the geogrids lent slightly greater stability to the soil, the geotextiles perfomed nearly as well and saved nearly $340,000 (46%) over the cost of the geogrid.
Content includes information on a wide variety of product applications, including building and construction, defense and military, filtration, geotextiles, medical, safety, transportation and marine uses.
A series of proficiency tests for interlaboratory comparisons in the field of testing of rubbers, plastics, insulating materials, coatings, plastic pipes, geotextiles and packaging materials was conducted.
 
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